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The Mystery of Tycoon Michel Baida in Old Arab Berlin

The Mystery of Tycoon Michel Baida in Old Arab Berlin

Film curator and scholar Irit Neidhardt searches for clues to the Berlin disappearance of gramophone tycoon Michel Baida.

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022 • By Irit Neidhardt
Two Syrian Brothers Find Themselves in “We Are From There”

Two Syrian Brothers Find Themselves in “We Are From There”

Angélique Crux reviews the award-winning documentary from Lebanese filmmaker Wissam Tanios.

AUGUST 22, 2022 • By Sulafa Zidani
Questionable Thinking on the Syrian Revolution

Questionable Thinking on the Syrian Revolution

Critic Fouad Mami suggests that a Syrian author may be guilty of pseudo-thinking in service of the counterrevolution.

AUGUST 1, 2022 • By Jean Lamore
Abundant Middle Eastern Talent at the ’22 Avignon Theatre Fest

Abundant Middle Eastern Talent at the ’22 Avignon Theatre Fest

Nada Ghosn revels in the artistry of Palestinian, Iranian, Lebanese, Afghan and other playwrights and performers in Avignon...

JULY 18, 2022 • By I. Rida Mahmood
World Refugee Day — What We Owe Each Other

World Refugee Day — What We Owe Each Other

World Refugee Day is the first of seven days during which refugees will be recognized in events across...

JUNE 20, 2022 • By Jordan Elgrably
Fragmented Love in Alison Glick’s “The Other End of the Sea”

Fragmented Love in Alison Glick’s “The Other End of the Sea”

Nora Lester Murad reviews a "far-fetched" story of a marriage between a Palestinian Muslim and an American Jew.

MAY 16, 2022 • By Youssef Rakha
A Middle Eastern Food Roundtable, with TMR Writers, Sunday, May 8, 1 PM Eastern

A Middle Eastern Food Roundtable, with TMR Writers, Sunday, May 8, 1 PM Eastern

Register Here.   The Markaz Review presents a roundtable conversation on Middle Eastern cuisine among contributors to the...

MAY 4, 2022 • By
Libyan, Palestinian and Syrian Family Dinners in London

Libyan, Palestinian and Syrian Family Dinners in London

London-based journalist Layla Maghribi recalls her family dinners in Libyan, Palestinian and Syrian culinary traditions.

APRIL 15, 2022 • By Fari Bradley
Mariupol, Ukraine and the Crime of Hospital Bombing

Mariupol, Ukraine and the Crime of Hospital Bombing

Aren't military attacks on hospitals and other medical facilities considered war crimes?

MARCH 17, 2022 • By Neve Gordon
Three Poems of Love and Desire by Nouri Al-Jarrah

Three Poems of Love and Desire by Nouri Al-Jarrah

Three poems of love and desire, composed in Beirut during the darkest days of the civil war, and war...

MARCH 15, 2022 • By Noreen Moustafa
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