Literature and Arts from the Center of the World
We will meet to discuss "Palestine +100: stories from a century after the Nakba" with host Rana Asfour and special guest speakers Basma Ghalayini and Selma Dabbagh on Sunday, Nov. 26 at 1pm EST/ 7pm EST/ 6pm UK.
The Markaz Review presents an interview with Oxford historian and author Avi Shlaim, with guest interviewer Layla Magrhibi, on Shlaim's memoir and the war in Gaza.
Join us on November 1st, 2023 for a roundtable conversation, moderated by TMR senior editor Lina Mounzer, with writers Hisham Bustani and Moustafa Bayoumi, on public intellectuals and their engagement with politics, justice and conflict in these catastrophic times.
Book club members discuss the late Khaled Khalifa's latest novel in English (all welcome).
TMR et le Grain des Mots, avec La Fabrique, présentent Olivier Gloag sur son nouveau livre, "Oublier Camus," avec Pierre Daum, modérateur.
The Markaz Book Club reads Leila Aboulela's critically-acclaimed novel "River Spirit" and meets the author on Sept. 24.
Novelist Elizabeth Louden joins TMR's Book Club moderated by Rana Asfour.
EMISSARIES 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.
RSVP here The June 2023 BookGroup Selection is Enter Ghost, a novel by Isabella Hammad. She will be interviewed by editors Rana Asfour and Jordan Elgrably on Sunday, June 4, at 1 pm Eastern, 18:00 UK and 19:00 EU. Enter Ghost follows actress Sonia as she returns to Palestine and takes a role in a… Continue reading TMR Bookgroup Discusses Enter Ghost, with novelist Isabella Hammad
5 writers talk about working in media and film, talk about working while being an immigrant, working while Arab.