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Love Has Everything to Do with Maryam Touzani’s The Blue Caftan

Love Has Everything to Do with Maryam Touzani’s The Blue Caftan

Melissa Chemam reviews the new taboo-busting feature film from Moroccan director Maryam Touzani.

DECEMBER 5, 2022 • By Melissa Chemam
Fida Jiryis on Palestine in Stranger in My Own Land

Fida Jiryis on Palestine in Stranger in My Own Land

Diana Buttu, a Palestinian lawyer in Haifa, reviews the family memoir that evokes nearly a century of Palestinian...

NOVEMBER 28, 2022 • By Diana Buttu
Historic Game on the Horizon: US Faces Iran Once More

Historic Game on the Horizon: US Faces Iran Once More

Mireille Rebeiz objects to geopolitical hypocrisy when it comes to migrants and workers' rights, and supports the upcoming...

NOVEMBER 28, 2022 • By Mireille Rebeiz
Letter From Tehran: From Hair to Hugs, Times Are Changing

Letter From Tehran: From Hair to Hugs, Times Are Changing

One of Iran's contemporary writers shares his thoughts with a friend in the west about the direction the...

NOVEMBER 28, 2022 • By
Our Shared Future: Marwa Arsanios’ “Reverse Shot”

Our Shared Future: Marwa Arsanios’ “Reverse Shot”

Mariam Elnozahy reviews the new exhibit at London's Mosaic Rooms that looks at ecology and politics in Lebanon.

NOVEMBER 28, 2022 • By Ali al-Muqri
Football in the Middle East: State, Society, and the Beautiful Game

Football in the Middle East: State, Society, and the Beautiful Game

Justin Olivier Salhani reviews a new anthology on football and the Middle East just as the World Cup...

NOVEMBER 21, 2022 • By Abir Kopty
Dynamic Acoustic Duo Ÿuma Allies with Tunisia and Derja

Dynamic Acoustic Duo Ÿuma Allies with Tunisia and Derja

In her monthly music column, Melissa Chemam talks to Sabrine Jenhani, half of the indie Tunisian duo Ÿuma.

NOVEMBER 21, 2022 • By Melissa Chemam
You Resemble Me Deconstructs a Muslim Life That Ends Radically

You Resemble Me Deconstructs a Muslim Life That Ends Radically

We saw Dina Amer's debut feature film based on the life of Hasna Ait Boulahcen, yet another victim...

NOVEMBER 21, 2022 • By Jordan Elgrably
Should the United States End Life Imprisonment Without Parole?

Should the United States End Life Imprisonment Without Parole?

Human rights activist Stephen Rohde argues that even in the most heinous of cases, life with the possibility...

NOVEMBER 7, 2022 • By Stephen Rohde
Free Alaa Now

Free Alaa Now

The Markaz Review joins 15 Nobel Prize for Literature laureates and millions around the world in calling for...

NOVEMBER 7, 2022 • By Jordan Elgrably
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