{"id":37827,"date":"2025-07-25T09:15:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T07:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/?p=37827"},"modified":"2025-07-25T11:16:39","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T09:16:39","slug":"august-world-picks-from-the-editors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/august-world-picks-from-the-editors\/","title":{"rendered":"August World Picks from the Editors"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Online panel discussions, films, exhibitions, and mixtapes \u2026 TMR World Picks run the gamut\u2026<\/h5>\n<h5>We welcome your suggestions:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:editor@themarkaz.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">editor@themarkaz.org<\/a><\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>TMR<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"h1-no-serif\"><em>Les Veilleurs<\/em> \u2014 Ali Cherri at the [mac]<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Through January 4, 2026, at the Mac, Mus\u00e9e d&#8217;Art Contemporain Marseille \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/musees.marseille.fr\/les-veilleurs-ali-cherri\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more info<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a bit like that abyss quote; if you look at history long enough, history starts looking at you. We are hit by this realization when we walk into the exhibition <em>Les Veilleurs<\/em>, by artist Ali Cherri, at the [mac]. The show prompts viewers to reevaluate the museum and, through it, the way we perceive history, shedding the Maya veil of strict chronology. We begin to think about history less as a linear succession of events, war, and artistic movements \u2014 mostly under Western guidance \u2014 but rather as a history of encounters, of findings, of stories. Of something that starts <em>in medias res<\/em>. <strong>\u2014Naima Morelli<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"TALES Trailer | Festival 2014\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VfGllXW3-BM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4><strong><em>Tales<\/em><\/strong><strong> (Ghesseh-ha)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>July 26, Trylon Cinema, Minneapolis, US \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trylon.org\/film\/tales-ghesha\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more info<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Composed of seven interconnected stories, each delving into the struggles and complexities of working-class life and labor,\u00a0<em>Tales\u00a0<\/em>reflects on myriad social, political, and personal crises facing modern Iranians. Blending documentary and narrative forms, the film subverts expectations. It examines the impacts of drug addiction, domestic violence, and union crackdowns, all bound up in a critique of an overly bureaucratic state. Selected to compete and screen at many renowned events, like the Venice International Film Festival and TIFF, director <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0051999\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rakshan Banietemad<\/a>\u2019s film is as relevant today as it was upon its release in 2014.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37840\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37840\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/arabamericanmuseum.org\/event\/drone-a-transmedia-theatre-project\/?event_date=2025-07-31&amp;mc_cid=cb0d2b066b&amp;mc_eid=50720b18e2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-37840\" src=\"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DRONE-mask_Creech-AFB-2048x1366-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Drone a new play by Andrea Assaf\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DRONE-mask_Creech-AFB-2048x1366-1.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DRONE-mask_Creech-AFB-2048x1366-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DRONE-mask_Creech-AFB-2048x1366-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DRONE-mask_Creech-AFB-2048x1366-1-600x400.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37840\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Drone: a new play by Andrea Assaf<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4><strong><em>DRONE<\/em><\/strong><strong>: a New Play by Andrea Assaf<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>July 31 + August 1-3, 2025, Detroit Public Theater, Detroit, US \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/arabamericanmuseum.org\/event\/drone-a-transmedia-theatre-project\/?event_date=2025-07-31&amp;mc_cid=cb0d2b066b&amp;mc_eid=50720b18e2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more info<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>DRONE<\/em>, by Joyce Award-winning playwright Andrea Assaf, is a new play that explores the drone as a metaphor for how we become desensitized to daily violence (domestic and global), the question of Moral Injury, and the effects of remote-control warfare on the human soul. This transdisciplinary performance project integrates theatre, live music, emerging technologies, and artistic containers for public dialogue. The play intertwines songs from the U.S. South to Syria, featuring internationally acclaimed vocalist Lubana Al Quntar.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37841\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37841\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tickettailor.com\/events\/palestinehouse\/1782602\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-37841\" src=\"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Between-sky-and-sea.png\" alt=\"Between sky and sea\" width=\"800\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Between-sky-and-sea.png 900w, https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Between-sky-and-sea-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Between-sky-and-sea-768x433.png 768w, https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Between-sky-and-sea-600x338.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37841\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Between Sky and Sea Exhibition<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4><strong>Exhibition: <i>Between Sky and Sea<\/i> by Gazan photographer Ismail Abu Hatab<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Aug 2, Palestine House, London, UK \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tickettailor.com\/events\/palestinehouse\/1782602\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more info<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An obscene number of creatives have been brutally slaughtered during Israel\u2019s now nearly two year offensive against Gaza. Ismail Abu Hatab was a 34-year-old Palestinian filmmaker, photojournalist, and storyteller. He was killed on June 30 of this year during an Israeli airstrike on the beachfront Al-Baqa Caf\u00e9, in western Gaza City. His murder is yet again \u201ca grim reminder of the unfettered violence facing Gazan journalists, with more than 180 journalists\u00a0and media workers killed in the war so far,\u201d said the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/cpj.org\/2025\/07\/israeli-airstrike-kills-photojournalist-ismail-abu-hatab-21-injures-journalist-in-gaza\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Committee to Protect Journalists<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019 regional director Sara Qudah.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The exhibition <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Between Sky and Sea<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is an immersive photography exhibition created by Abu Hatab, from Gaza. It takes place in a tent and captures the emotional and physical displacement of the Palestinians on Gazan beaches, living in tents, some of canvas, others from remnants of fabric, like old parachutes, their only protection against the elements. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The exhibition first debuted in Los Angeles and this is its third iteration in London, this time hosted by Abu Hatab\u2019s own initiative, BYPA (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bypa.bypalestine\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">@bypa.bypalestine<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">),<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in partnership with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/palestinehouse.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palestine House<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Abu Hatab had lost his ability to walk over a year due to a 2023 Israeli airstrike. Yet, he continued his work on crutches; his resolve never wavered. He was also a trainer and mentor, and led storytelling workshops with DW Akademie, UNESCO, and other organizations in the Arab world. He and many others will be sorely missed<strong>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37842\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37842\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jiff.jo\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-37842\" src=\"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Jordan-culinary-fest.webp\" alt=\"Jordan culinary fest\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Jordan-culinary-fest.webp 900w, https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Jordan-culinary-fest-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Jordan-culinary-fest-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Jordan-culinary-fest-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Jordan-culinary-fest-450x450.webp 450w, https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Jordan-culinary-fest-600x600.webp 600w, https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Jordan-culinary-fest-100x100.webp 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37842\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jordan International Food Festival<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4><strong>Jordan International Food Festival<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Aug 6 \u2013 11, Amman Airport Road, Amman, Jordan \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/jiff.jo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more info<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A chance for food enthusiasts to savor diverse flavors, witness culinary artistry in a celebration of food and culture. Visitors can enjoy an array of restaurants, cooking demos, culinary panels, and hands-on master classes with international chefs as well as six days of live music.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37844\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37844\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baalbeck.org.lb\/programs\/hibatawaji\/#2700\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-37844\" src=\"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Hiba-Tawaji-concert.jpg\" alt=\"Hiba Tawaji in concert.\" width=\"800\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Hiba-Tawaji-concert.jpg 900w, https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Hiba-Tawaji-concert-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Hiba-Tawaji-concert-768x404.jpg 768w, https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Hiba-Tawaji-concert-600x315.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37844\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hiba Tawaji in concert<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4><strong>Hiba Tawaji Live show <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Aug 8 &amp; 9, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baalbeck.org.lb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Baalbeck International Festival<\/a>, Baalbeck, Lebanon \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baalbeck.org.lb\/programs\/hibatawaji\/#2700\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more info<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Baalbeck International Festival is set to showcase <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hiba_Tawaji\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hiba Tawaji<\/a>, who recently captivated audiences during the historic reopening of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris. Under the skilled musical direction of the acclaimed composer, musician, and producer Oussama Rahbani, this event will feature a full orchestra and choir. The evening will also include a tribute to the legendary <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mansour_Rahbani\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mansour Rahbani<\/a> on the occasion of his centenary.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37845\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37845\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aucegypt.zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/8717525811987\/WN_LN7eDPWvS8WR5H2MnXtICw?ct=t(EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_7_16)&amp;mc_cid=0006f0b0f9&amp;mc_eid=72cfe52b26#\/registration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-37845\" src=\"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Empty-Cages-book-talk.jpg\" alt=\"Empty Cages book talk\" width=\"800\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Empty-Cages-book-talk.jpg 900w, https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Empty-Cages-book-talk-300x132.jpg 300w, https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Empty-Cages-book-talk-768x339.jpg 768w, https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Empty-Cages-book-talk-600x265.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37845\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Empty Cages book talk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4><strong>Book Talk:<\/strong> <strong><em>Empty Cages <\/em>by Fatma Qandil, translated from Arabic by Adam Talib<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Aug 13, Online \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/aucegypt.zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/8717525811987\/WN_LN7eDPWvS8WR5H2MnXtICw?ct=t(EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_7_16)&amp;mc_cid=0006f0b0f9&amp;mc_eid=72cfe52b26#\/registration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more info<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Award-winning translator Adam Talib will join Karam Youssef, the publisher of the Arabic edition of <a href=\"https:\/\/aucpress.com\/9781649033208\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Empty Cages<\/em> (AUC Press, 2025)<\/a> and the founder of Al Kotob Khan publishing house, for a discussion with literary critic, translator and editor Marcia Lynx Qualey, the founder of ArabLit. <em>Empty Cages<\/em> is a powerful exploration of memory and family, capturing the essence of what is gained and lost in a woman&#8217;s lifetime. This poignant work earned Qandil the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature in 2022.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37846\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37846\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/isisprisons.museum\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-37846\" src=\"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ISIS-Prison-Museum-Lecture-series-on-the-Hisba-Diwan.jpg\" alt=\"Isis Prisons Museum\" width=\"800\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ISIS-Prison-Museum-Lecture-series-on-the-Hisba-Diwan.jpg 900w, https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ISIS-Prison-Museum-Lecture-series-on-the-Hisba-Diwan-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ISIS-Prison-Museum-Lecture-series-on-the-Hisba-Diwan-768x389.jpg 768w, https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ISIS-Prison-Museum-Lecture-series-on-the-Hisba-Diwan-600x304.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37846\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Isis Prisons Museum Lecture Series on the Hisba Diwan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4><strong>ISIS Prison Museum Lecture series on the Hisba Diwan<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>August 15, Live You Tube session: No Hisba Morality Control without Surveillance, with Robin Yassin Kassab, Amer Matar and guests \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/isisprisons.museum\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more info<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Drawing from arrest and confiscation reports to circulars and correspondence retrieved from ISIS prisons by the ISIS Prisons Museum (IPM), a series of lectures investigates the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.isisprisons.museum\/en\/investigations\/the-hisba-diwan-theory-structure-procedures#pharmacies-enforcement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hisba Diwan<\/a>. \u201cHisba,\u201d which means accountability in Arabic, came to represent the Hisba Diwan or religious or moral police force in ISIS-controlled regions, in Iraq and Syria. According to IPM: \u201cHisba patrols closely monitored the population, and arrested and detained people for mild infractions of the new dress and behavioral codes. It was the Hisba Diwan&#8230; that gave not just a repressive but a totalitarian character to the ISIS regime.\u201d The first part of the series of lectures that started in July provided an overview of the Hisba Diwan and the role that women played. In August, the lectures will cover the procedures of Hisba operatives, and the punishments imposed on a range of seemingly ordinary people in violation of the strict new regulations \u2014 from drug dealers and tobacco salesmen to men who wore tight trousers and to women who showed their hair or eyes<strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37847\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37847\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/yasmin-khan-with-marjan-kamali-sabzi-tickets-1461874549129?aff=ebemoffollowpublishemail&amp;utm_campaign=following_published_event&amp;ref=eemail&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=eventbrite&amp;utm_content=follow_notification\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-37847\" src=\"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Book-Launch-Yasmin-Khan-with-Marjan-Kamali.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Book-Launch-Yasmin-Khan-with-Marjan-Kamali.jpg 900w, https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Book-Launch-Yasmin-Khan-with-Marjan-Kamali-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Book-Launch-Yasmin-Khan-with-Marjan-Kamali-768x404.jpg 768w, https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Book-Launch-Yasmin-Khan-with-Marjan-Kamali-600x315.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37847\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Book Launch: Yasmin Khan with Marjan Kamali.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4><strong>Book Launch: Yasmin Khan with Marjan Kamali<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Aug 28, Brookline Booksmith, Massachusetts, US \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/yasmin-khan-with-marjan-kamali-sabzi-tickets-1461874549129?aff=ebemoffollowpublishemail&amp;utm_campaign=following_published_event&amp;ref=eemail&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=eventbrite&amp;utm_content=follow_notification\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more info<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Marjan Kamali, the best-selling author of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Lion-Women-Tehran-Marjan-Kamali-ebook\/dp\/B0CL5GS8SK\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=L8QG03TOZJ7Z&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.at75ChPiCQeBI7gS9F9QJRBSSjHR-asUZzy6imef0zOMIqigtvOvIRnYM0Rj7G95Cd1XMKU5QxzLVG-2JhEauOr6roHgtTd8knUM0AEBhOVQICccm3qHIJNBJRy2Xjl-0qEevpMSuhcL7XcgESl8UF_pQQ-NleCXQ29G6wWNbWAE5KNFqDiLA4P7bz8ki3nNRN0_vE1ZU7Od0uT9EyTGwDER29mRfNyvRCt7dYPJbl8.4JBhS9aHa-cF3CJSzpTQIz_ASQKxTJHT1o2r20VzL4A&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;keywords=the+lion+women+of+tehran&amp;qid=1753266794&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=the+lion+%2Cstripbooks-intl-ship%2C266&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Lion Women of Tehran <\/em><\/a>(Gallery Books, 2024)<em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Stationery-Shop-Marjan-Kamali\/dp\/1982107499\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1IMJG4AV5YWRK&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.AsIByQdA4OCNoY7Se7omE-_FhF0ZzDFKB1lHhNaKEWS-nTpwev5j8pxQ1gYl5dj8e1yihIKMAHH5_AIFDJtRoGbrCQF18HjY5kHJf1qWhkRVFaLt2HP8SaWE9OXkJJckNFY5uUhwTcWi_I7SMvqnHOKpqINZg_1cb5IZIfstVbEUFDxkaP-yuIeBiJD_FF30fNF0Iday4cNqTQrmUWy5ujmjddxT7o9xdA4OXG6Jejw.nkPjWZYhGJobaVjzi2rAtbmG7t7YFBEYY_46OAWZabM&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;keywords=the+stationery+shop&amp;qid=1753266334&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=the+stationery+shop%2Cstripbooks-intl-ship%2C212&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Stationery Shop <\/a><\/em>(Gallery Books, 2020)<em>, <\/em>and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Together-Tea-Marjan-Kamali-ebook\/dp\/B009NF6CRI\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=K2GRBHDXSG6X&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.hqjeynzLTcP40z_e8bst-4idsLhXJrN1biqn3AUyMxrN6BPFhqWRSUTf98zDwGD67CcnPd1tc5_DnwFHAcOGOAKq0TW4WLFIA3DIhDNVaV4.MfI7VmSXzgVHzUZU0AkP2VV9k2Pqbkzwc1bOZ9iOs3Q&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;keywords=together+tea&amp;qid=1753266707&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=together+tea%2Cstripbooks-intl-ship%2C229&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Together Tea <\/em><\/a>(Ecco, 2013) will be in conversation with award-winning food writer Yasmin Khan to celebrate the release of Khan\u2019s book <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomsbury.com\/uk\/sabzi-9781526664952\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sabzi: Fresh Vegetarian Recipes for Every Day<\/a> <\/em>(Bloomsbury, 2025). Lifting its name from the Persian word for \u201cherbs,\u201d\u00a0<em>Sabzi<\/em>\u00a0is a collection of more than 80 accessible, plant-forward recipes that celebrate the best of Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, and South Asian flavors.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37848\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37848\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bdsmixtape.bandcamp.com\/album\/unboundable-bds-mixtape-vol-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-37848\" src=\"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Unboundable-Mix-Tape.jpg\" alt=\"Unboundable Mix Tape\" width=\"800\" height=\"497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Unboundable-Mix-Tape.jpg 900w, https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Unboundable-Mix-Tape-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Unboundable-Mix-Tape-768x477.jpg 768w, https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Unboundable-Mix-Tape-600x373.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37848\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Unboundable Mixtape Vol.3 celebrates 20th anniversary of the BDS movement<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4><strong>OUT NOW, Palestine Liberation! <\/strong><strong><em>Unboundable: BDS Mixtape, Vol. 3 <\/em>\u2014 on Bandcamp and all streaming platforms \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/bdsmixtape.bandcamp.com\/album\/unboundable-bds-mixtape-vol-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more info<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>To mark 20 years the Palestinian call for boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amplifypalestine.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amplify Palestine<\/a> has released <em>Unboundable: BDS Mixtape Vol. 3<\/em>, a radical new compilation of music made in solidarity with Palestine\u2019s liberation struggle. 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