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For Our 50th Issue, Writers Reflect on Going Home

For Our 50th Issue, Writers Reflect on Going Home

In the 50th issue of The Markaz Review, diverse writers explore the return home in creative nonfiction, fiction...

MAY 2, 2025 • By TMR
A Letter To My Cruel Lover: Tripoli

A Letter To My Cruel Lover: Tripoli

My Tripoli breathes gunpowder, // … the city where mosques are bombed and streets get emptied. // …...

MAY 2, 2025 • By Lara Kassem
Hartaqât: Heresies of a World with Policed Borders

Hartaqât: Heresies of a World with Policed Borders

In a mix of theatrical performance, music and visual arts, three voices bear witness to the courage of...

OCTOBER 9, 2023 • By Nada Ghosn
Temptations of the Imagination: how Jana Elhassan and Samar Yazbek transmogrify the world

Temptations of the Imagination: how Jana Elhassan and Samar Yazbek transmogrify the world

Rana Asfour provides an intimate look at two new Arab novels in translation, from Lebanese and Syrian authors.

JANUARY 10, 2022 • By TMR
From Jerusalem to a Kingdom by the Sea

From Jerusalem to a Kingdom by the Sea

Rana Asfour reviews a new memoir about the legendary Dajani family, charged by a Turkish sultan with watching...

NOVEMBER 29, 2021 • By TMR
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