BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//The Markaz Review - ECPv6.15.18//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://themarkaz.org/oldsite X-WR-CALDESC:Events for The Markaz Review REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Helsinki BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0300 TZNAME:EEST DTSTART:20240331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0300 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:EET DTSTART:20241027T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0300 TZNAME:EEST DTSTART:20250330T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0300 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:EET DTSTART:20251026T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0300 TZNAME:EEST DTSTART:20260329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0300 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:EET DTSTART:20261025T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20250516T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20250516T180000 DTSTAMP:20260407T153301 CREATED:20250501T155645Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250502T094557Z UID:10000081-1747411200-1747418400@themarkaz.org SUMMARY:Jordan Elgrably à la Comédie du Livre DESCRIPTION:Venez rencontrer le rédacteur en chef de The Markaz Review et découvrir ses derniers ouvrages imprimés\, « Stories from the Center of the World : New Middle East Fiction » et « Sumūd : A New Palestinian Reader » dans le cadre de la Comédie du Livre. Il présentera ses romans en anglais. Promenade de Peyrou. \nQUAND: \n\nle 16 mai entre 16h00 et 18h00\nle 17 mai entre 11h00 et 12h00\n\nOÙ: au stand Grain des Mots\, Promenade de Peyrou. \nOn a hâte de vous y retrouver ! \nEn savoir plus sur la Comédie du Livre : https://www.10joursenmai.fr/ \nÀ propos de l’auteur :  \nJordan Elgrably est un écrivain et traducteur américain\, français et marocain dont les récits et la non-fiction créative ont été publiés dans de nombreuses anthologies et revues\, notamment Apulée\, Salmagundi et la Paris Review. Rédacteur en chef et fondateur de The Markaz Review\, il est cofondateur et ancien directeur du Levantine Cultural Center/The Markaz à Los Angeles (2001-2020). Il est l’éditeur de Stories From the Center of the World : New Middle East Fiction (City Lights\, 2024)\, et co-éditeur avec Malu Halasa de Sumūd : a New Palestinian Reader (Seven Stories\, 2025). Basé à Montpellier\, en France\, et en Californie\, il écrit sur Twitter @JordanElgrably. \n___ ___ ___  \nJordan Elgrably at the Comédie du Livre \nCome and meet the editor of The Markaz Review and discover his latest books in print\, “Stories from the Center of the World: New Middle East Fiction” and “Sumūd: A New Palestinian Reader” as part of the Comédie du Livre. He will be presenting his novels in English. \nWHEN: \n\nMay 16 between 4:00 pm and 6:00 pm\nMay 17 between 11:00am and 12:00pm\n\nWHERE: at the Grain des Mots stand \nWe look forward to seeing you there! \nLearn more about the Comédie du Livre: https://www.10joursenmai.fr/ \nAbout the author: \nJordan Elgrably is an American\, French and Moroccan writer and translator whose stories and creative nonfiction have appeared in many anthologies and reviews\, including Apulée\, Salmagundi\, and the Paris Review. Editor-in-chief and founder of The Markaz Review\, he is the cofounder and former director of the Levantine Cultural Center/The Markaz in Los Angeles (2001–2020). He is the editor of Stories From the Center of the World: New Middle East Fiction (City Lights\, 2024)\, and co-editor with Malu Halasa of Sumūd: a New Palestinian Reader (Seven Stories\, 2025). Based in Montpellier\, France and California\, he tweets @JordanElgrably. URL:https://themarkaz.org/oldsite/event/jordan-elgrably-a-la-comedie-du-livre/ LOCATION:Comédie du Livre\, Promenade du Peyrou\, Montpellier\, 34000\, France ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://themarkaz.org/oldsite/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/5.16-Jordan-Elgrably-a-la-Comedie-du-Livre-1920-x-1080-px.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The Markaz Review":MAILTO:info@themarkaz.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20250522T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20250522T200000 DTSTAMP:20260407T153301 CREATED:20250509T115540Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250509T115709Z UID:10000083-1747940400-1747944000@themarkaz.org SUMMARY:CAN YOU EVER GO HOME AGAIN? – A roundtable on TMR's RETURNING HOME DESCRIPTION:RSVP now \nIn the 50th issue of The Markaz Review’s RETURNING HOME\, writers and artists reflect on whether we can really ever go home again. In “Home is Elsewhere: On the Fictions of Return\,” Mai Al-Nakib writes that her childhood home differed from her birthplace; she perceives home as more imaginary than real.  In “A Kashmiri in Cashmere\,” Nafeesa Syeed hopes she’ll feel at home in a small Washington town east of Seattle\, named after her native region\, caught between India and Pakistan. And Gabriel Polley interviews British-Bahraini musician-composer Yazz Ahmed in “Arabic Jazz and Yazz Ahmed: A Music Between Homelands\,” on how Arabic jazz challenges negative stereotypes amid rising xenophobia in the West. The issue contains 14 stories\, looking at Sudanese creatives in Egypt\, young Palestinian citizens of Israel\, an Iraqi artist who goes home after living in the USA for 40 years\, and much more. \nJoin us on Thursday\, May 22nd at 1pm EST/ 6pm UK/ 7pm CET for a roundtable discussion on our 50th issue\, RETURNING HOME\, with writers Mai Al-Nakib\, Gabriel Polley and Nafeesa Syeed. Moderated by Lina Mounzer.  \nThis online event is free but advance registration is required. Donations are welcome to support The Markaz Review. \n____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ \nAbout the speakers: \nMai Al-Nakib is author of the novel\, An Unlasting Home and the award-winning collection of short stories\, The Hidden Light of Objects. As an associate professor\, she taught English and comparative literature at Kuwait University for twenty years. She now writes full time in Kuwait. \nGabriel Polley has a PhD in Palestine studies from the European Centre for Palestine Studies\, University of Exeter\, UK. He previously studied history of art and literature at the University of East Anglia\, and Palestine and Arabic studies at Birzeit University\, and taught in the occupied West Bank. He currently works in London in the translation and international development sectors. Palestine in the Victorian Age is his first book. \nNafeesa Syeed is a writer and editor who hails from Kashmir. She’s also a lecturer and associate research scholar at Yale. \nLina Mounzer (moderator) is the senior editor of The Markaz Review and a prominent essayist whose creative nonfiction has appeared widely\, including in The Baffler and the Paris Review\, among other publications. \n____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ \nRSVP now URL:https://themarkaz.org/oldsite/event/can-you-ever-go-home-again-a-roundtable-on-tmrs-returning-home/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Roundtable ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://themarkaz.org/oldsite/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/5.22-TMR-50-Roundtable-Discussion-Zoom-wide.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The Markaz Review":MAILTO:info@themarkaz.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250523 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250615 DTSTAMP:20260407T153301 CREATED:20250515T101641Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250515T101641Z UID:10000084-1747958400-1749945599@themarkaz.org SUMMARY:TMR Exhibition: Art of the Palestinian Poster at P21 Gallery — Shubbak Festival DESCRIPTION:An evocative exhibition showcases the resurgence of Palestinian political posters as powerful works of art and vital campaigning tools during the war on Gaza for Shubbak 2025. Curated by TMR’s literary editor Malu Halasa\, the collection includes anti-war works by the original members of New Vision collective — artists fundamental to the creation of Palestinian modern art Vera Tamari\, Sliman Mansour\, Tayseer Barakat\, and Nabil Anani — alongside contemporary posters by Gazan artist Hazem Harb\, popular Lebanese musician Khaled El Haber\, and Palestinian new generation poster-maker Haneen Nazzal\, among many others. \nASAD AZI (Palestinian\, B. 1955)\, "EKHTILAL\," 2023\, Acrylic on paper\, 75 x 55 cm BASHAR KHALAF \n(Palestinian\, B. 1991) \n\nGOD\, MAKE THIS HOUSE SAFE (2023) \nCollage on paper \n75 x 55 cm\n DYALA MOSHTAHA \n(Palestinian\, B. 1997) \n\nFREEDOM IN BLOOM (2023) \nFineArt archival paper\, 310 gsm \n75 x 55 cm | Edition of 10 (+AP)\n HASSAN MANASRAH \n(Palestinian\, B. 1980) \n\nPALESTINIAN WOMAN (2023) \nFineArt archival paper\, 310 gsm \n75 x 55 cm | Edition of 10 (+AP)\n HAZEM HARB \n(Palestinian\, B. 1980) \n\nTHEY ARE NOW STEALING YOUR SKIN (2024) Charcoal on paper \n75 x 55 cm\n HOSNI RADWAN \n(Palestinian\, B. 1955) \n\nALL RIGHTS NOT RESERVED - GAZA (2023) FineArt archival paper\, 310 gsm \n75 x 55 cm | Edition of 10 (+AP)\n KHALED EL HABER \n(Labanese\, B. 1956) \n\nWE ARE DOING FINE IN GAZA... WHAT ABOUT YOU?! (2024) FineArt archival paper\, 310 gsm \n75 x 55 cm | Edition of 10 (+AP)\n MOHAMMED JOHA \n(Palestinian\, B. 1978) \n\nSLEEPLESS (2024) \nAcrylic on paper \n75 x 55 cm\n NABIL ANANI \n(Palestinian\, B. 1943) \n\nSTOP THE GENOCIDE (2023) \nMixed media on paper \n75 x 55 cm\n SLIMAN MANSOUR \n(Palestinian\, B. 1947) \n\nDISTORTION (2023) \nFineArt archival paper\, 310 gsm \n75 x 55 cm | Edition of 5 (+AP)\n TAYSEER BARAKAT \n(Palestinian\, B. 1959) \n\nUNTITLED (2023) \nAcrylic and mixed media on paper \n75 x 55 cm\n \nThis collection of artful posters\, originally from the Zawyeh Gallery of Ramallah and Dubai and never before exhibited in the UK\, appear with posters for Palestine hacked into London bus shelters by the anonymous activist group Protest Stencil; the stark infographic posters by the decolonizing collective Visualizing Palestine; and posters that pro-Palestinian protestors downloaded from the internet\, printed\, and carried on demonstrations. An opening night event will take place on May 23 from 6:30 to 8:30 pm\, £5 admission (more information here). \nA poster roundtable discussion will also take place on June 11 at P21 Gallery (6:30-8:30 pm)\, with Palestinian artist Vera Tamari\, Visualizing Palestine’s Aline Batarseh\, West Bank curator Nadine Aranki\, and Professor Dina Matar from SOAS Centre of Palestinian Studies\, will discuss art in Palestinian resistance and the political and aesthetic impact of Palestinian political posters. \nLearn more about this exhibition \nThe Art of the Palestinian Poster exhibition is part of the London-wide Shubbak: A Window on Contemporary Arab Culture festival. Shubbak Festival (meaning ‘window’ in Arabic) is Europe’s largest biennial celebration of contemporary Arab and SWANA (South West Asian & North African) arts and culture. Taking place from 23 May to 15 June 2025\, the festival will showcase bold\, innovative\, and culturally authentic works across visual arts\, film\, music\, theatre\, dance\, literature\, and debates—connecting audiences in London\, across the UK\, and beyond. \n  URL:https://themarkaz.org/oldsite/event/tmr-exhibition-art-of-the-palestinian-poster-at-p21-gallery-shubbak-festival/ LOCATION:P21 Gallery\, 21-27 Chalton Street\, London\, NW1 1JD\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Art Exhibition ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://themarkaz.org/oldsite/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/5.23-Art-of-the-Palestinian-Poster-Exhibition-Shubbak-Festival-1920-x-1080-px.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20250525T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20250525T200000 DTSTAMP:20260407T153301 CREATED:20250507T120458Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250511T160842Z UID:10000082-1748199600-1748203200@themarkaz.org SUMMARY:TMR Book Club Discusses Zahran Alqasmi's "Honey Hunger" with translator Marilyn Booth DESCRIPTION:RSVP here to participate \nThis month\, join us online for a special discussion on Zahran Alqasmi’s “Honey Hunger” with translator Marilyn Booth. We meet online on Sunday\, May 25th at 1pm EST/ 6pm UK/ 7pm CET. Moderated by TMR’s Managing Editor Rana Asfour. \n____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ \nAbout the book: \nA novel of longing\, uncertainty\, and ultimately of hope\, written by an International Prize for Arabic Fiction-winning author and an International Booker-prize winning translator. \nAzzan is a beekeeper in a rural community in Oman. Devoted to tending his bees and searching for wild hives\, he encounters Thamna\, a lone shepherd woman\, on a mountain slope and is captivated by her and her honey-colored eyes. \nZahran Alqasmi’s masterful novel thrums forward with a subtle momentum. His lucid\, poetic writing conveys a visceral sense of time and place\, of the fragile ecologies inhabited by both bees and humans alike\, in this intense and compelling novel of loss and hope. \nPublished by Hoopoe\, 2025. \n  \nAbout the author & translator:  \nZahran Alqasmi (Author) is an Omani poet and novelist\, born in the Sultanate of Oman in 1974. Honey Hunger was his third of four published novels\, and in 2023 he won the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) for The Water Diviner. He has also published ten poetry collections and a collection of short stories. \nMarilyn Booth (Translated by) is professor emerita\, Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies and Magdalen College\, Oxford University. She has translated many works of Arabic fiction into English. Her translations of Omani author Jokha Alharthi include Bitter Orange Tree and Celestial Bodies\, which was awarded the International Booker Prize. She has also translated Hoda Barakat\, Hassan Daoud\, Elias Khoury\, Latifa al-Zayyat\, and Nawal al-Saadawi. Her research publications focus on Arabophone women’s writing and the ideology of gender debates in the nineteenth century\, most recently The Career and Communities of Zaynab Fawwaz: Feminist Thinking in Fin-de-siècle Egypt. \n____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ \nThis online event is free and open to the public. Registration is required. Donations are welcome to support The Markaz Review. \nRSVP here to participate URL:https://themarkaz.org/oldsite/event/tmr-book-club-discusses-zahran-alqasmis-honey-hunger-with-translator-marilyn-booth/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Author Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://themarkaz.org/oldsite/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/May-2025-Book-Club-Zoom-wide-banner-1.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The Markaz Review":MAILTO:info@themarkaz.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20250531T103000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20250531T173000 DTSTAMP:20260407T153301 CREATED:20250523T173512Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250523T173512Z UID:10000085-1748687400-1748712600@themarkaz.org SUMMARY:The Markaz Review Workshop: Writing From the Center of the World DESCRIPTION:Whether you’re a seasoned or emerging writer\, join TMR’s daylong writing workshop that aims to inspire and empower writers to engage with the Middle East and the wider world through the lens of creative expression. During this event\, you will also get a chance to meet TMR’s editorial team\, including editor-in-chief Jordan Elgrably\, managing editor Rana Asfour\, and literary editor Malu Halasa. Learn about TMR’s mission to provide critical and creative perspectives on SWANA arts\, and discover how TMR has become a platform for the voices of Gaza\, queer fiction from the region\, and literary work that challenges and reshapes perceptions of and in the region. \nEvent highlights include an introduction to The Markaz Review (10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.)\, a workshop on critical writing and reviewing (12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.)\, a workshop on fiction and literary nonfiction (3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.)\, and a workshop on translation and publishing (4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.). Although the event is free\, booking is essential. \nLearn more about this event URL:https://themarkaz.org/oldsite/event/the-markaz-review-workshop-writing-from-the-center-of-the-world/ LOCATION:Arab British Centre\, 1 Gough Square\, London\, EC4A 3DE\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Writing Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://themarkaz.org/oldsite/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/5.31-The-Markaz-Review-Workshop-Writing-From-the-Center-of-the-World-website-banner.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The Markaz Review":MAILTO:info@themarkaz.org END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR