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Fiction: An Excerpt from Fadi Zaghmout’s Hope On Earth

Fiction: An Excerpt from Fadi Zaghmout’s Hope On Earth

In a dystopian world, thanks to AI, people no longer die because they can be upgraded to better...

JUNE 4, 2023 • By Fadi Zaghmout
Cruising the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair

Cruising the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair

TMR's managing editor, Rana Asfour, checks out one of the world's largest book events looking for literary mana.

MAY 29, 2023 • By Rana Asfour
Hadiya Hassein: Waiting for the Past

Hadiya Hassein: Waiting for the Past

April 2023 BookGroup Selection is Waiting for the Past, a novel by Hadiya Hussein, translated from the Arabic by...

APRIL 1, 2023 • By Jordan Elgrably
The Politics of Wishful Thinking: Deena Mohamed’s Shubeik Lubeik

The Politics of Wishful Thinking: Deena Mohamed’s Shubeik Lubeik

Katie Logan reviews the much-anticipated English version of the Egyptian graphic novel, a tour de force.

MARCH 13, 2023 • By Katie Logan
The Markaz Review Interview—Hisham Bustani

The Markaz Review Interview—Hisham Bustani

Rana Asfour interviews fellow Jordanian writer Hisham Bustani about his stories, writing in Arabic and ideas on history...

MARCH 5, 2023 • By Rana Asfour
Translating Walter Benjamin on Berlin, a German-Arabic Journey

Translating Walter Benjamin on Berlin, a German-Arabic Journey

Ahmed Farouk, the Arabic translator of Günter Grass, W. G. Sebald and Rosa Luxemburg, among others, struggles with...

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022 • By Ahmed Farouk
Libya’s Censored Novelist, Mohammed al-Naas, Revealed

Libya’s Censored Novelist, Mohammed al-Naas, Revealed

Ghazi Gheblawi talks to young Libyan novelist Mohammed al-Naas, presently working out of Tunisia.

JULY 18, 2022 • By Ghazi Gheblawi
Poetry as a Form of Madness—Review of a Friendship

Poetry as a Form of Madness—Review of a Friendship

Youssef Rahka introduces us to his Egyptian friend Maged Zaher and his seventh volume of poetry, composed in...

JULY 15, 2022 • By Laila Halaby
“Disappearance/Muteness”—Tales from a Life in Translation

“Disappearance/Muteness”—Tales from a Life in Translation

A writer born into both Arabic and Hebrew linguistic traditions finds herself writing in English but longing for...

JULY 11, 2022 • By Ayelet Tsabari
To Be or Not to Be, That is Not the Question

To Be or Not to Be, That is Not the Question

December 12, 2020 marks the 95th birthday of the revolutionary and controversial Iranian poet, translator, essayist, editor, encyclopedist,...

DECEMBER 12, 2020 • By Niloufar Talebi
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