Literature and Arts from the Center of the World
Register Here (Free Event) This online event takes place June 4, 2022 at 12 noon Eastern/17:00 UK/18:00 CET The Markaz Review in partnership with the Radical… Continue reading Joumana Haddad’s “The Book of Queens” with Radical Books & TMR
Register for Free Here "Reclaiming Narratives in A Loveless World" chaired by Susan Abulhawa - Visualizing Palestine, Makan & Al Shabaka Joint Campaign This talk will take place on Wednesday… Continue reading Reclaiming Palestinian Narratives in A Loveless World, with Susan Abulhawa
Join the TMR Bookgroup when we discuss TMR 22's short stories!
Join the TMR Bookgroup when we discuss Ayelet Tsabari's short stories.
The Handsome Jew is a challenging and provocative novel that urges/ invites Muslims and Jews to contemplate themselves and the way they see the other through a doomed love story. This… Continue reading TMR Bookgroup Discusses “The Handsome Jew” by Ali Al-Muqri
When you live in a conservative society, you run the risk of censure. How far should a philosophy professor stick her neck out to make a point? Would you put it all… Continue reading TMR Bookgroup Discusses Mai Al-Nakib’s “An Unlasting Home” with the author
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… Continue reading TMR Bookgroup Discusses “The Last White Man” by Mohsin Hamid
Ahmet Altan, one of Turkey's best-known novelists was locked up in prison, the key thrown away.
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… Continue reading We Read/Discuss Out of Mesopotamia, the novel by Salar Abdoh, and Meet the Author
“Our memories select, eliminate, exaggerate, minimize, glorify, denigrate. They create their own versions of events and serve up their own reality.” —Négar Djavadi
