“Ghosts of Farsis”—a cyberpunk story
The story is part of Hussein Fawzy's cyberpunk story collection “Graduation Project” recently published by Waziz House.
The story is part of Hussein Fawzy's cyberpunk story collection “Graduation Project” recently published by Waziz House.
Editors recommend their top ten titles to read this season, from novels set in Egypt, Zanzibar, Oman and Palestine to Afghan and Syrian nonfiction.
Maha Al Aswad sheds light on Egyptian writer Mohammad Hafez Ragab, a literary figure of the 1960s whose works have been vastly overlooked.
A Gaza-based writer captures the intense and harrowing experiences of individuals enduring the brutal realities of genocide.
In the Libyan village “Hell,” temperatures soar to unimaginable heights, and war breaks out over a parking space in the shade of a tree.
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In Haidar Al Ghazali's short story, a Palestinian father during the war on Gaza makes an impossible choice.
The assault on Gaza is the longest and deadliest Israeli offensive to date, and the worst in targeting journalists and their families.
Feurat Alani, a French novelist of Iraqi descent, succeeds in capturing the connections between two disparate cultural spheres.
TMR's managing editor, Rana Asfour, offers four books to challenge the world as we know it.
In this short story by Egyptian writer Ahmed Salah Al-Mahdi, translated from Arabic, a man contends with his mortality on his death bed.
Exclusive excerpt from Huda Fahreddine's "A Brief Time Under a Different Sun," translated from the Arabic by Rana Asfour.
A short story by Jordanian writer Fadi Zaghout in which a traditional Jordanian "Jaha" ceremony takes place in the metaverse.
Rana Asfour on the UAE's intervention solutions for energy-efficient, sustainable buildings rooted in the city.
Karoline Kamel captures the enchantment of Egypt's flea markets where a nostalgic encounter with a Barbie doll fulfilled a childhood longing.
Can a man who loves a woman prove his mettle by taking proper care of a cactus that stings him with its spines?
In a dystopian world, thanks to AI, people no longer die because they can be upgraded to better and more functional forms.
TMR's managing editor, Rana Asfour, checks out one of the world's largest book events looking for literary mana.
Rana Asfour talks to Syrian-born and raised qanunist Maya Youssef, who now lives and teaches in the UK.
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Rana Asfour reviews a collection of stories from writer and educator Zein El-Amine, who was born and raised in Lebanon.
Rana Asfour interviews fellow Jordanian writer Hisham Bustani about his stories, writing in Arabic and ideas on history and quantum physics.
A list of must-read Iraqi fiction, from Ahmed Saadawi's "Frankenstein in Baghdad" to Sinan Antoon's "The Book of Collateral Damage."
Rana Asfour has selected four contemporary novels of Iranian literature for this special issue on Iran in TMR Weekly.
Rana Asfour talks to an Emirati about her ideas and development as an artist.
Egyptian writer Ahmed Awny divigates between fiction and reality in this decentering short story.
Maisan Hamdan, a single Palestinian woman, attempts to survive in Berlin without a cell phone.
Rana Asfour reviews the third novel from Dutch Iraqi writer Rodaan Al Galidi.
The Markaz Review presents Libya's Mohammed al-Naas in these exclusive excerpts translated by Rana Asfour.
A solitary bachelor, seeking success as a writer, wonders what he has to do in contemporary Cairo to get ahead.
Rana Asfour reviews Mai Al-Nakib's debut novel, in which the protagonist always thought she would leave her country.
The Egyptian novelist and author of "Rotten Evidence: Reading and Writing in Prison" finds versions of Islam in the Nevada desert.
A preview of the new Arabic novel from the author of "I Killed Scheherazade" and "Superman is an Arab."
Rana Asfour reviews Libyan-American author Hisham Matar's memoir of his time in Siena, Italy.
Rana Asfour reviews the Booker Prize-nominated novel by Nadifa Mohamed based on the true story of a wrongly-convicted Somali in 1950s Cardiff.
In this excerpt of the banned Jordanian novel "Laila," introduced by Rana Asfour and translated by Hajer Almosleh, readers get a sense of Fadi Zaghmout's prose and purpose.
Former prisoner and Egyptian writer in exile Ahmed Naji contemplates what it means to be a "brown writer" in exile in America.
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.
Rana Asfour provides an intimate look at two new Arab novels in translation, from Lebanese and Syrian authors.
Rana Asfour reviews a new memoir about the legendary Dajani family, charged by a Turkish sultan with watching over King David's Tomb in Jerusalem, but exiled in 1948.
Despite its repressive regimes, Saudi Arabia has produced a number of world-class novelists — several of whom have seen their best work banned. Rana Asfour reviews three in English translation.
After surviving an Egyptian prison and obtaining asylum in the United States, Ahmed Naji contemplates wasta and standing in line.
Rana Asfour reviews Faysal Khartash's Roundabout of Death and Zeyn Joukhadar's The Map of Salt and Stars.
BookFabulous' Rana Asfour delivers capsule reviews of three recent North African novels from Libya and Morocco.
Rana Asfour reviews a documentary by Nezar Andary on the Syrian auteur filmmaker, Muhammad Malas.
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