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Memoir in the Age of Narcissism

Memoir in the Age of Narcissism

What do we choose to remember, and what do we choose to forget? A special monthly issue devoted...

FEBRUARY 7, 2025 • By TMR
“Common Types of Melancholy”—fiction from Shalaw Habiba

“Common Types of Melancholy”—fiction from Shalaw Habiba

The Markaz Review presents a rare piece of prose in English translation from Kurdish writer Shalaw Habiba, translated...

AUGUST 9, 2024 • By Shalaw Habiba
How Fragile We Are: Hisham Matar’s My Friends

How Fragile We Are: Hisham Matar’s My Friends

Adib Rahhal reviews Hisham Matar's latest novel, in which the precariousness of existence and Libya serve as springboards.

MARCH 25, 2024 • By Adib Rahhal
My Love for Derna: Interview with Libyan Writer Mahbuba Khalifa

My Love for Derna: Interview with Libyan Writer Mahbuba Khalifa

A Libyan writer from Derna laments the floods that came not long after she devoted a short story...

NOVEMBER 13, 2023 • By Naima Morelli
A Stranger in Baghdad with Elizabeth Loudon

A Stranger in Baghdad with Elizabeth Loudon

Novelist Elizabeth Louden joins TMR's Book Club moderated by Rana Asfour.

AUGUST 2, 2023 • By Jordan Elgrably
Literature Takes Courage: on Ahmet Altan’s Lady Life

Literature Takes Courage: on Ahmet Altan’s Lady Life

In and out of Turkish prisons for his unflinching political essays, Ahmet Altan returns with a new novella...

JULY 24, 2023 • By Kaya Genç
Stories From The Markaz, Stories From the Center

Stories From The Markaz, Stories From the Center

TMR's literary editor introduces the 2023 double summer literary issue.

JULY 2, 2023 • By Malu Halasa
“The Agency”—a story by Natasha Tynes

“The Agency”—a story by Natasha Tynes

A shrewd businesswoman runs a matchmaking agency in Amman that finds brides for male clients based on a...

JULY 2, 2023 • By Natasha Tynes
We Saw Paris, Texas—a story by Ola Mustapha

We Saw Paris, Texas—a story by Ola Mustapha

In Ola Mustapha's new story, a man falls for the seduction of a film and it becomes the...

JULY 2, 2023 • By Ola Mustapha
Rich and Poor People—fiction by Farah Ahamed

Rich and Poor People—fiction by Farah Ahamed

After her controlling husband dies, a wealthy woman obsesses over the neighborhood crows until her maid decides to...

JULY 2, 2023 • By Farah Ahamed
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