Events

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28 June 2026 • 19:00 - 20:00

Online

TMR Book Club Discusses “Gates of Paradise” by Taleb Alrefai

We will meet to discuss Gates of Paradise by Taleb Alrefai, translated by Kay Heikkinen on Sunday, June 28 ...

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26 July 2026 • 19:00 - 20:00

Online

TMR Book Club Discusses “The Raven of Ruwi and Other Stories from Oman” by Hamoud Saud, translated by Zia Ahmed.

We will meet to discuss The Raven of Ruwi and Other Stories from Oman, a collection of short stories ...

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30 August 2026 • 19:00 - 20:00

Online

TMR Book Club Discusses “The Slightest Green” by Sahar Mustafa

We will meet to discuss "The Slightest Green" by Sahar Mustafa on Sunday, August 30 at 1 pm EDT/19:00 CET. 

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27 September 2026 • 19:00 - 20:00

Online

TMR Book Club Discusses “Floodlines” by Saleem Haddad

We will meet to discuss Floodlines by Saleem Haddad, online on Sunday, September 27 at 1 pm EDT/19:00 CET. The ...

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Past events

Read EMISSARIES Short Stories, Meet Author Youssef Rakha, July 2, 1 pm EST

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.

2 July 2023 • 13:00 - 14:00

TMR Bookgroup Discusses Enter Ghost, with novelist Isabella Hammad

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 June 2023 • 19:00 - 19:00

WORK—a TMR Roundtable Conversation With 5 Writers, May 18th, 12 pm ET/18:00 CET

5 writers talk about working in media and film, talk about working while being an immigrant, working while Arab.

18 May 2023 • 18:00 - 19:00

Hadiya Hassein: Waiting for the Past

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 […]

7 May 2023 • 12:00 - 13:00
Sophia Al-Maria's memoir, The Girl Who Fell to Earth.

Sophia Al-Maria’s memoir The Girl Who Fell to Earth

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, […]

26 March 2023 • 18:00 - 19:00

The Search for Home: a Markaz Review Roundtable

A TMR roundtable on refugees, migration, identity and finding home.

23 March 2023 • 19:00 - 20:00

TMR Conversations: Raja Shehadeh & Amal Ghandour

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.

16 March 2023 • 18:00 - 19:00

Iraq, 20 Years After the War, From the Viewpoint of Its Creatives

RSVP now Iraq, 20 years after the War, Thursday, 2 March, 18:00 CET (12 noon ET/17:00 UK/19:00 Beirut/21:00 Abu Dhabi).  Several participants in this month’s issue on IRAQ will gather […]

2 March 2023 • 18:00 - 19:00
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