Poems of Palestinian Motherhood, Loss, Desire and Hope
Eman Quotah reviews the new poetry collection from Palestinian poet Maya Abu-Alhayyat, translated by Fady Joudah.
Eman Quotah reviews the new poetry collection from Palestinian poet Maya Abu-Alhayyat, translated by Fady Joudah.
Eman Quotah reviews "Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza" — the debut poetry collection of Mosab Abu Toha.
Haifa-based poet Asmaa Azaizeh explores personal themes of family, language and memory.
Author and Darija translator Deborah Kapchan recalls her friendship with two of Morocco's greatest contemporary poets.
Three poems of love and desire, composed in Beirut during the darkest days of the civil war, and war within war, by exiled Syrian poet Nouri al-Jarrah.
Iranian American poet and translator Haleh Liza Gafori presents a new volume of Rumi translations in "GOLD" published by NYRB Classics.
L.A. Armenian poet and activist Sophia Armen is an American original.
Poet and novelist Laila Halaby writes her Los Angeles experience in a cascade of words that indelibly capture moments and memories.
Amazigh Moroccan poet El Habib Louai reviews a recent anthology that has warmed the hearts of English-reading Moroccans during the pandemic.
Moroccan American poet and writer Mbarek Sryfi reads from his work in an exclusive video prepared for The Markaz Review.
A poet whose writings and identity are contested by her own government reads three poems from her book "Refugee Dreams" in the original Turkish.
Art critic Arie Amaya-Akkermans summons the gods of art and poetry as he reviews the life work of the late polymath Etel Adnan, 1925-2021.
Jenny Pollak, a poet in Australia, captures the unrelenting menace of a changing world.
India Hixon Radfar reviews the newly-translated collection of poetry from a former prisoner in Syria.
India Hixon Radfar reviews the first collection of poetry from Palestinian firebrand Mohammed El-Kurd.