Bilingual poems, in Arabic and English, from Iman Mersal (Egypt), Ines Abassi (Tunisia) and Ashjan Hendi (Saudi Arabia).
OCTOBER 11, 2023 • By Sarah Coolidge
Public intellectuals no longer exist, argues Moustafa Bayoumi; they have been usurped by "influencers."
OCTOBER 1, 2023 • By Moustafa Bayoumi
Yasmine Al Rashidi on writer-thinker Alaa Abdel Fattah who advocates for the rights of those without platforms to...
OCTOBER 1, 2023 • By Yasmine El Rashidi
The Markaz Book Club reads Leila Aboulela's critically-acclaimed novel "River Spirit" and meets the author on Sept. 24.
SEPTEMBER 8, 2023 • By Jordan Elgrably
The largest festival of Arab and North African music takes place each year in Montpellier: Arabesques is quite...
SEPTEMBER 4, 2023 • By TMR
Malu Halasa's story takes place on one day in the life of the family patriarch who confronts memories...
SEPTEMBER 3, 2023 • By Malu Halasa
Ambassador Chas Freeman on the dynamism of West Asia and the west's failing geopolitical grip on "the greater...
AUGUST 14, 2023 • By Chas Freeman, Jr.
The writer's visit to a Cairo internet store to renew her internet service proves to be an out...
JULY 24, 2023 • By Sarah Eltantawi
In Ghadeer Ahmed's latest story, three women with no abortion rights refuse to be victims of exploitation and...
JULY 2, 2023 • By Ghadeer Ahmed
In this excerpt from Shady Lewis Botros' latest novel, a child’s innocent counting game masks a disturbing reality.
JULY 2, 2023 • By Shady Lewis Botros
