Aïda Nosrat of Atine: Artist at Work
Jordan Elgrably interviews free-spirited Iranian performer Aïda Nosrat on music, exile, freedom, and a passion for mixing cultures.
Music
Shamrocks & Watermelons: Palestine Politics in Belfast
Through a conflicted prism, the effect of the year-long war in Gaza on the music and politics of Northern Ireland.
World Picks from the Editors: October
Film and photography festivals, concerts, art, standup comedy, lectures...TMR World Picks run the gamut and are selected by our editors.
Top 10 Books to Read this Fall
Editors recommend their top ten titles to read this season, from novels set in Egypt, Zanzibar, Oman and Palestine to Afghan and Syrian nonfiction.
Festival Arabesques Fetes Arab Arts for Cultural Diversity
Celebrating the 19th Rencontre des Arts du Monde Arabe, Festival Arabesques will be held from September 10 to 22, 2024, in Montpellier.
September World Picks from the Editors
Film and photography festivals, concerts, art, standup comedy, lectures...TMR World Picks run the gamut and are selected by our editors.
World Picks from the Editors: AUGUST
Film and photography festivals, concerts, art, standup comedy, lectures...TMR World Picks run the gamut and are selected by our editors.
Nass El Ghiwane’s Moroccan Folk, Radical Politics, Forged in Paris
Paris provided the grit and opportunity for Nass el Ghiwane to hone a new sound that would rock the Magreb and Europe, writes Benjamin Jones.
We Will Sing Until the Pain Goes Away—a Palestinian Playlist
Brianna Halasa has put together a dynamite playlist in solidarity with Gaza and all Palestinians.
World Picks From the Editors, Sept 29—Oct 15, 2023
A Markaz Review bi-weekly roundup of our editors' favorite selections from within the global arts and culture scene.
World Picks: Festival Arabesques in Montpellier
The largest festival of Arab and North African music takes place each year in Montpellier: Arabesques is quite the two-week extravaganza.
World Picks: Exist Festival + the Mosaic Room, London
Sept. 8-10, Exist Festival in London features film, talks, music, performance & dance; Sept. 6-14, also in London at the Mosaic Rooms, check out "In the Shade of the Sun."
Musical Artists at Work: Naïssam Jalal, Fazil Say & Azu Tiwaline
Sarah Naili interviews musical artists who meld eastern and western instruments, and forms, to create their unique sounds of beauty.
Reviving the Nay Tradition in Jordan
Jordanian Rabee’ Zureikat is on a mission to restore severed links to the Arab past by reviving a musical heritage, one nay at a time.
Freedom and Dislocation in Jamal Mahjoub’s Novel, The Fugitives
David Rife reviews the latest fiction from the Sudanese British author of more than a dozen literary and noir novels.