Literature and Arts from the Center of the World
Justin Stearns, a scholar of the pre-modern Muslim Middle East, reviews the new book by Karla Mallette on the fascinating history of two of the world's great languages.
Even as the despotic rulers of post-revolution Egypt attempt to remake greater Cairo, hoping to gloss over the regime's dismal human rights record, one writer sees through the smoke and mirrors.
This month, TMR's music critic, Melissa Chemam, stumbles upon an unexpected exhibit of the history and influence of raï, chaabi and "Beur" politics on the French body politic.
Four cooks from Egypt to Japan talk about their family lore and personal experience preparing mouloukhiya.
Former prisoner and Egyptian writer in exile Ahmed Naji contemplates what it means to be a "brown writer" in exile in America.
TMR's editor reflects on the experience of seeking home and refuge.
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.
Photographer, documentarian and journalist Iason Athanasiadis shares images from more than 10 years of reporting from Afghanistan to Greece and back.
Moroccan American poet and writer Mbarek Sryfi reads from his work in an exclusive video prepared for The Markaz Review.
Iason Athanasiadis paints the portrait of Bahoz, a stateless Kurd who will keep fighting to become accepted for asylum in Europe.
Thomas Dallal reviews Haider Rashid's new feature film, "Europa," Iraq’s foreign feature film entry to the upcoming 94th Academy Awards.
In Iran, Afghan refugees have been a part our everyday lives for over four decades now.
Hisham Bustani meditates on the asylum seeker's struggle to find a place to call home.
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.
A poet whose writings and identity are contested by her own government reads three poems from her book "Refugee Dreams" in the original Turkish.