TMR 11
GAZA
The Markaz Review published a special double issue devoted to Gaza when yet again, as with the current conflagration, in the summer of 2021, Israel pounded the Strip with bombs, attacking Hamas and wiping out civilians in the process. For our 11th monthly issue TMR features the work of the artist Jaime Scholnick and her series Gaza: Mowing the Lawn.
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- Editorial
“Sumud” — the Gazan Secret to Survival
The Palestinians of Gaza continue to survive despite incredible odds, thanks in no small part to their steadfastness or "sumud."
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- CENTERPIECE
Making a Film in Gaza
The screenwriter and would-be director of Gaza Airport recounts her struggle to make a feature film in Gaza.
July 14, 2021 • By Elana Golden- TMR 11
- Featured Artist
“Gaza: Mowing the Lawn” by Artist Jaime Scholnick
Art critic Sagi Refael reviews painted images from the 2014 Gaza war that he calls "one of the most significant politically-charged art series of recent years."
July 14, 2021 • By Sagi RefaelMORE FROM THIS ISSUE
When War is Just Another Name for Murder
Political scientist and historian Norman G. Finkelstein discusses the early history of Israel's blockade of Gaza, laying bare the roots of the conflict that continues until today.
15 JULY, 2021 • BY MOSAB ABU TOHA
Gazan Skies, from the novel “Out of It”
There are times when you can think of little else but escaping your present reality, as Rashid does in this excerpt from Selma Dabbagh's novel on Gaza.
14 JULY, 2021 • BY CLAUDIA WIENS
Gaza’s Shababek Gallery for Contemporary Art
Yara Chaalan looks into the Shababek Gallery for Contemporary Art in Gaza and profiles a few younger, emerging artists.
14 JULY, 2021 • BY NORMAN G. FINKELSTEIN
Malak Mattar — Gaza Artist and Survivor
TMR's editor Jordan Elgrably talks to young Malak Mattar in Gaza, who has survived massive state violence and begun a promising career in art.
14 JULY, 2021 • BY JORDAN ELGRABLY
The Gaza Mythologies
Historian and thinker Ilan Pappe deconstructs three problematic myths about Gaza and Hamas in this except from his book Ten Myths About Israel.
14 JULY, 2021 • BY ILAN PAPPé
“Sumud” — the Gazan Secret to Survival
The Palestinians of Gaza continue to survive despite incredible odds, thanks in no small part to their steadfastness or "sumud."
14 JULY, 2021 • BY JORDAN ELGRABLY
The Semantics of Gaza, War and Truth
Mischa Geracoulis joins filmmaker Yung Chang and the late muckraker Robert Fisk in asking us to think about the semantics of war and how it is reported.
14 JULY, 2021 • BY ALIA MOSSALLAM
No Exit
Who in the west has survived a childhood, adolescence and adult years under the bombs, where no place is safe? Allam Zedan shares his story.
14 JULY, 2021 • BY RAMZY BAROUD
Gaza, You and Me
A Palestinian student in Gaza and a Palestinian doing post-doctoral work in the States compare their experience of the May 2021 Israel-Hamas conflict.
14 JULY, 2021 • BY ABDALLAH SALHA
Poem: Bombs Do Not Discriminate
A young Gazan student who finished high school in Norway and looks forward to university in the US finds himself under the bombs in Gaza in May 2021.
14 JULY, 2021 • BY ABDALLAH SALHA
Poem: Letter to the Americans
If a Gazan were to write an open letter to the Americans, whose government helps underwrite Israel's war machine, this is what it might say.
14 JULY, 2021 • BY RAYYAN AL-SHAWAF
Alive in Gaza
Ramzy Baroud tells the story of an American solidarity activist who went to Gaza and wound up living there for years.
14 JULY, 2021 • BY RAMZY BAROUD
Four Poems from Mosab Abu Toha
Mosab Abu Toha divides his time between a life in the United States and a life in Gaza. In May of this year, he found himself under the bombs.
14 JULY, 2021 • BY MOSAB ABU TOHA
Sailing to Gaza to Break the Siege
One of the cofounders of the Free Gaza movement to break the siege of Gaza, Greta Berlin, tells the story of their first sea voyage.
14 JULY, 2021 • BY GRETA BERLIN
In Retrospect: An American Educator in Gaza
A native Californian of Arab heritage finds herself returning to Gaza again and again to teach promising students at Al Azhar University.
14 JULY, 2021 • BY DIANE SHAMMAS
Review: Open Gaza: Architectures of Hope
Hadani Ditmars reviews the new tome from Terreform and AUC Press that gives Gazans hope for a better future, if they can build it.
14 JULY, 2021 • BY HADANI DITMARS
Gaza’s Catch-22s
Khaled Diab, author of Intimate Enemies: Living with Israelis and Palestinians in the Holy Land, meditates on the implacable illogic of the Gaza-Israel stalemate.
14 JULY, 2021 • BY KHALED DIAB
Making a Film in Gaza
The screenwriter and would-be director of Gaza Airport recounts her struggle to make a feature film in Gaza.
14 JULY, 2021 • BY ELANA GOLDEN
Gaza IS Palestine
Jenine Abboushi recalls family histories and lifelong friendships linking Gaza with Ramallah, Jenin and Jerusalem.
14 JULY, 2021 • BY JENINE ABBOUSHI
A Response to “Gaza: Mowing the Lawn” 2014-15
California poet and activist Tony Litwinko reacts to the painted images in "Gaza: Mowing the Lawn" from Jaime Scholnick.
14 JULY, 2021 • BY DIANE SHAMMAS
“Gaza: Mowing the Lawn” by Artist Jaime Scholnick
Art critic Sagi Refael reviews painted images from the 2014 Gaza war that he calls "one of the most significant politically-charged art series of recent years."
14 JULY, 2021 • BY SAGI REFAEL