Interview: Oorvi Sharma, Architectural Researcher and Designer
Rabi Georges reviews and interviews innovative architect Oorvi Sharma in Abu Dhabi.
Essays
Experimental Saharanism: Exploiting Desert Environments
Brahim El Guabli urges us to studying deserts to push our thinking beyond ordinary notions of space and place.
The Bridge to Nowhere
Youssef H. Alshammari has composed a meditation on the Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah Causeway in Kuwait — one of the world's longest bridges.
The Floods of Derna: Historical Parallels to Libya’s Crisis
Lama Elsharif finds that Derna’s harrowing flood proves a surprising catalyst for unity in a nation scarred by decades-long conflict and division.
Sustainability: Rethinking the City in the United Arab Emirates
Rana Asfour on the UAE's intervention solutions for energy-efficient, sustainable buildings rooted in the city.
Rebuilding After the Quake: a Walk Down Memory Lane in Southeast Anatolia
Sevinç Unal relives her memories as she surveys the region of her family and childhood in southeastern Anatolia after 7.8 magnitude quake.
On Fathers, Daughters and the Genocide in Gaza
The war on Gaza and Hamas reminds Palestinian American poet Deema K. Shehabi of her father and stories of home and immigration.
The Archaeology of War
All the pasts of war are still contemporary, and continue shaping the present, killing its denizens, and erasing their memories.
The Ongoing Nakba—Rasha Al-Jundi’s Embroidery Series
Exile retold through embroidered Palestinian stories, by documentary photographer and visual storyteller Rasha Al Jundi.
Vera Tamari’s Lifetime of Palestinian Art
Taline Voskeritchian extolls a Palestinian's lifetime commitment to art as a powerful testament to human resilience.
In Praise of Khaled Khalifa—Friend, Artist, Humanist
Robin Yassin-Kassab pays tribute to late Syrian writer and humanist Khaled Khalifa, who died at the age of 59.
Forging Peace for Artsakh—The Debacle of Nagorno Karabagh
The latest breach of a cease fire agreement in Azerbaijan left Armenians in Artsakh with nothing to rely on, writes Seta Kabranian-Melkonian.
Edward Said: Writing in the Service of Life
Academic and novelist Layla AlAmmar interrogates her life's creative and scholarly achievements against the teachings of Edward Said.
The Vanishing of the Public Intellectual
Public intellectuals no longer exist, argues Moustafa Bayoumi; they have been usurped by "influencers."
Editors’ Picks: Public Intellectuals
The editors of The Markaz Review made the difficult choice of selecting just two of their go-to public intellectuals.