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Three Nights in Free Syria

Three Nights in Free Syria

Filmmaker Yasmin Fedda and arts activist Daniel Gorman share their reflections of a three-day visit to Syria early...

JANUARY 24, 2025 • By Yasmin Fedda
No Place to Be: On Wadih Saadeh’s A Horse at the Door

No Place to Be: On Wadih Saadeh’s A Horse at the Door

Alex Tan reviews the new chronology of poems from Lebanon's bard of war and exile, Wadih Saadeh, translated...

JANUARY 24, 2025 • By Alex Tan
February World Picks from the Editors

February World Picks from the Editors

Film & photography festivals, concerts, art, standup comedy, lectures...TMR World Picks run the gamut and are selected by...

JANUARY 24, 2025 • By TMR
My Favorite Cake, Iranian Cinema’s Bittersweet Ode to Love

My Favorite Cake, Iranian Cinema’s Bittersweet Ode to Love

Karim Goury reviews the Iranian film, "My Favorite Cake," a celebration of love in the twilight of life,...

JANUARY 17, 2025 • By Karim Goury
Huda Fakhreddine & Yasmeen Hanoosh: Translating Arabic & Gaza

Huda Fakhreddine & Yasmeen Hanoosh: Translating Arabic & Gaza

A conversation in which two Arabic to English translators and scholars consider language and Gaza with respect to...

JANUARY 17, 2025 • By Yasmeen Hanoosh
Radwa Ashour’s Classic Granada Now in a New English Edition

Radwa Ashour’s Classic Granada Now in a New English Edition

Ashour’s "Granada" trilogy arrives during the ongoing Israeli genocide of Palestinians in Gaza, and a long arc completes...

JANUARY 17, 2025 • By Guy Mannes-Abbott
In Killing Gilda Yahya Gharagozlou Tells an Intriguing Iranian Tale

In Killing Gilda Yahya Gharagozlou Tells an Intriguing Iranian Tale

A review of a book that offers a portrait of a royal dynasty whose decline has significantly shaped...

JANUARY 10, 2025 • By Azadeh Moaveni
Art History and the United Arab Emirates

Art History and the United Arab Emirates

Sophie Kazan Makhlouf challenges misconceptions that an authoritarian government precludes politically-critical cultural production.

JANUARY 10, 2025 • By Jelena Sofronijevic
10 Recommended Stories in The Markaz Review 2024

10 Recommended Stories in The Markaz Review 2024

TMR's five main editors have selected two of our favorite stories of the year for your reading pleasure....

DECEMBER 28, 2024 • By TMR
January 2025 World Picks from the Editors

January 2025 World Picks from the Editors

Film & photography festivals, concerts, art, standup comedy, lectures...TMR World Picks run the gamut and are selected by...

DECEMBER 28, 2024 • By TMR
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