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EARTH: Our Only Home

EARTH: Our Only Home

The editors explain why they chose the EARTH theme for the 32nd issue of The Markaz Review.

JUNE 4, 2023 • By Jordan Elgrably
Arab Theatre Grapples With Climate Change, Borders, War & Love

Arab Theatre Grapples With Climate Change, Borders, War & Love

London-based Iraqi playwright Hassan Abdulrazak enthuses on the 2023 Shubbak theatre arts extravaganza, June 23-July 9.

JUNE 4, 2023 • By Hassan Abdulrazzak
Nurredin Amro’s Epic Battle to Save His Home From Demolition

Nurredin Amro’s Epic Battle to Save His Home From Demolition

For eight years, a blind Palestinian school principal has resisted persistent Israeli efforts to drive his family out...

APRIL 24, 2023 • By Nora Lester Murad
When a Country is not a Country—the Chimera of Borders

When a Country is not a Country—the Chimera of Borders

Writer-photographer Ara Oshagan mediates on the borders between North and South Korea and the blockaded enclave of Artsakh.

APRIL 17, 2023 • By Ara Oshagan
Artsakh and the Truth About the Legend of Monte Melkonian

Artsakh and the Truth About the Legend of Monte Melkonian

Seta Kabranian-Melkonian, author and widow of the late Monte “Avo” Melkonian, commander of the Artsakh War for Independence,...

APRIL 17, 2023 • By Seta Kabranian-Melkonian
Tel Aviv-Beirut, a Film on War, Love & Borders

Tel Aviv-Beirut, a Film on War, Love & Borders

Franco-Egyptian filmmaker Karim Goury reviews the new feature film from Franco-Israeli director Michael Boganim.

MARCH 20, 2023 • By Karim Goury
The Search for Home: a Markaz Review Roundtable

The Search for Home: a Markaz Review Roundtable

A TMR roundtable on refugees, migration, identity and finding home.

MARCH 7, 2023 • By Jordan Elgrably
Yemen War Survivors Speak in What Have You Left Behind?

Yemen War Survivors Speak in What Have You Left Behind?

Saliha Haddad reviews the English translation of Bushra al-Maqtari's book of oral histories on those who survived the...

FEBRUARY 20, 2023 • By Saliha Haddad
Arab Women’s War Stories, Oral Histories from Lebanon

Arab Women’s War Stories, Oral Histories from Lebanon

Evelyne Accad reviews a new book on Lebanese women and war, a collection of oral stories told in...

FEBRUARY 13, 2023 • By Evelyne Accad
Mohamed Makhzangi Despairs at Man’s Cruelty to Animals

Mohamed Makhzangi Despairs at Man’s Cruelty to Animals

Saliha Haddad reviews the new translation of a major collection of short stories by the Egyptian author.

DECEMBER 26, 2022 • By Saliha Haddad
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