Nov 2022 BookGroup Selection is “I Will Never See the World Again” by Ahmet Altan
Ahmet Altan, one of Turkey's best-known novelists was locked up in prison, the key thrown away.
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We Read/Discuss Out of Mesopotamia, the novel by Salar Abdoh, and Meet the Author
OnlineTHE JANUARY BOOKGROUP SELECTION IS is Out of Mesopotamia, by Salar Abdoh (no bookgroup meeting in December). The discussion takes place, […]
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Négar Djavadi’s Disoriental, Sunday, Feb. 26, 12 noon Eastern
Online“Our memories select, eliminate, exaggerate, minimize, glorify, denigrate. They create their own versions of events and serve up their own reality.” —Négar Djavadi
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Iraq, 20 Years After the War, From the Viewpoint of Its Creatives
FeaturedOnlineRSVP now Iraq, 20 years after the War, Thursday, 2 March, 18:00 CET (12 noon ET/17:00 UK/19:00 Beirut/21:00 Abu Dhabi). […]
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TMR Conversations: Raja Shehadeh & Amal Ghandour
FeaturedOnlineAmal Ghandour, author of This Arab Life, interviews Palestinian attorney and author Raja Shehadeh about his latest book, a memoir of his lawyer-judge father.
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The Search for Home: a Markaz Review Roundtable
OnlineA TMR roundtable on refugees, migration, identity and finding home.
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Sophia Al-Maria’s memoir The Girl Who Fell to Earth
Onlineemail books@themarkaz.org to join this event on Zoom March 2023 BookGroup Selection is The Girl Who Fell to Earth, a memoir […]
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Hadiya Hassein: Waiting for the Past
OnlineApril 2023 BookGroup Selection is Waiting for the Past, a novel by Hadiya Hussein, translated from the Arabic by Barbara Romaine […]
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WORK—a TMR Roundtable Conversation With 5 Writers, May 18th, 12 pm ET/18:00 CET
Online5 writers talk about working in media and film, talk about working while being an immigrant, working while Arab.
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TMR Bookgroup Discusses Enter Ghost, with novelist Isabella Hammad
OnlineRSVP here The June 2023 BookGroup Selection is Enter Ghost, a novel by Isabella Hammad. She will be interviewed […]
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Read EMISSARIES Short Stories, Meet Author Youssef Rakha, July 2, 1 pm EST
OnlineEMISSARIES is a new volume of original, irreverent short stories from Cairo-based author Youssef Rakha. Meet him and discuss the book on Sunday, July 2nd.
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A Stranger in Baghdad with Elizabeth Loudon
OnlineNovelist Elizabeth Louden joins TMR's Book Club moderated by Rana Asfour.