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Category: TMR 17 • REFUGE

15 January, 2022 • Ahmed Naji, Rana Asfour

Taming the Immigrant: Musings of a Writer in Exile

Former prisoner and Egyptian writer in exile Ahmed Naji contemplates what it means to be a "brown writer" in exile in America.

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15 January, 2022 • Jordan Elgrably

Refuge, or the Inherent Dignity of Every Human Being

TMR's editor reflects on the experience of seeking home and refuge.

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15 January, 2022 • Abeer Esber, Nouha Homad

Fiction from “Free Fall”: I fled the city as a murderer whose crime had just been uncovered

TMR presents an exclusive excerpt from Abeer Esber's fourth novel, translated here by Nouha Homad, about a Damascene woman on the run, hiding out in Dubai.

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15 January, 2022 • Iason Athanasiadis

Children in Search of Refuge: a Photographic Essay

Photographer, documentarian and journalist Iason Athanasiadis shares images from more than 10 years of reporting from Afghanistan to Greece and back.

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15 January, 2022 • Mbarek Sryfi

Poetry: In Search of Lost Places, 5 by Mbarek Sryfi

Moroccan American poet and writer Mbarek Sryfi reads from his work in an exclusive video prepared for The Markaz Review.

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15 January, 2022 • Iason Athanasiadis

Getting to the Other Side: a Kurdish Migrant Story

Iason Athanasiadis paints the portrait of Bahoz, a stateless Kurd who will keep fighting to become accepted for asylum in Europe.

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15 January, 2022 • Thomas Dallal

“Europa,” Iraq’s Entry in the 94th annual Oscars, Frames Epic Refugee Struggle

Thomas Dallal reviews Haider Rashid's new feature film, "Europa," Iraq’s foreign feature film entry to the upcoming 94th Academy Awards.

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15 January, 2022 • Peyman Hooshmandzadeh, Salar Abdoh

Refugees of Afghanistan in Iran: a Photo Essay by Peyman Hooshmandzadeh

In Iran, Afghan refugees have been a part our everyday lives for over four decades now.

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15 January, 2022 • Hisham Bustani, Alice Guthrie

Settling: Towards an Arabic translation of the English word “Home”

Hisham Bustani meditates on the asylum seeker's struggle to find a place to call home.

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15 January, 2022 • Viet Thanh Nguyen

The Displaced, the Unwanted, by Viet Thanh Nguyen

Viet Thanh Nguyen, author of the Pulitzer-Prize winning novel "The Sympathizer," remembers where he came from and how he began his writer's journey.

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15 January, 2022 • Meral Şimşek, Öykü Tekten

Refugee Dreams — Three Poems by Meral Şimşek

A poet whose writings and identity are contested by her own government reads three poems from her book "Refugee Dreams" in the original Turkish.

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15 January, 2022 • Rana Asfour

Meditations on The Ungrateful Refugee

Rana Asfour shares her thoughts on the widely-celebrated book from Dina Nayeri, who writes that escaping and becoming a refugee preoccupied her life for more than 20 years.

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