Literature and Arts from the Center of the World
The Guardian calls Mohsin Hamid’s new novel “a hypnotic race fable,” in which “as white people suddenly awake in brown skin, they are forced to confront uncomfortable truths about power and identity.” “One morning Anders, a white man, woke up to find he had turned a deep and undeniable brown.” So begins Mohsin Hamid’s inventive… Continue reading TMR Bookgroup Discusses “The Last White Man” by Mohsin Hamid
THE JANUARY BOOKGROUP SELECTION IS is Out of Mesopotamia, by Salar Abdoh (no bookgroup meeting in December). The discussion takes place, with the author, on Sunday, January 29, 2023, 1 pm Eastern/19:00 CET. "Imagine getting into Iraq and Syria as an observer of the war on ISIS, and yet very soon after you’ve been close enough… Continue reading We Read/Discuss Out of Mesopotamia, the novel by Salar Abdoh, and Meet the Author
Amal Ghandour, author of This Arab Life, interviews Palestinian attorney and author Raja Shehadeh about his latest book, a memoir of his lawyer-judge father.
email books@themarkaz.org to join this event on Zoom March 2023 BookGroup Selection is The Girl Who Fell to Earth, a memoir by Sophia Al-Maria (discussing the book on Sunday, March 26, 13 Eastern/18:00 CET). Award-winning filmmaker and writer Sophia Al-Maria’s The Girl Who Fell to Earth is a funny and wry coming-of-age memoir about growing up in between… Continue reading Sophia Al-Maria’s memoir The Girl Who Fell to Earth
April 2023 BookGroup Selection is Waiting for the Past, a novel by Hadiya Hussein, translated from the Arabic by Barbara Romaine Hadiya Hussein’s poignant novel plunges readers into a haunting and powerful story of resilience. Set at the end of Saddam Hussein’s brutal reign, the novel follows Narjis, a young Iraqi woman, on her quest to… Continue reading Hadiya Hassein: Waiting for the Past
RSVP here The June 2023 BookGroup Selection is Enter Ghost, a novel by Isabella Hammad. She will be interviewed by editors Rana Asfour and Jordan Elgrably on Sunday, June 4, at 1 pm Eastern, 18:00 UK and 19:00 EU. Enter Ghost follows actress Sonia as she returns to Palestine and takes a role in a… Continue reading TMR Bookgroup Discusses Enter Ghost, with novelist Isabella Hammad
EMISSARIES is a new volume of original, irreverent short stories from Cairo-based author Youssef Rakha. Meet him and discuss the book on Sunday, July 2nd.
Novelist Elizabeth Louden joins TMR's Book Club moderated by Rana Asfour.
Olivier Gloag présente son nouveau livre chez La Fabrique, "Oublier Camus" en discussion avec Afifa Bererhi et Sarra Grira.
The Markaz Review presents an interview with Oxford historian and author Avi Shlaim, with guest interviewer Layla Magrhibi, on Shlaim's memoir and the war in Gaza.