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Escapism in Times of War\u2014on Genre Fiction – Malu Halasa<\/p>\n

“Not a Picture, a Precise Kick”\u2014metafiction – Mansoura Ez-Eldin<\/p>\n

Palestine Features in Larissa Sansour’s Sci-Fi Future – Larissa Sansour<\/p>\n

“The Head of the Table”\u2014a story by Natasha Tynes – Natasha Tynes<\/p>\n

“The Curse of the Chinar Tree”\u2014a family horror story – Shamsia<\/p>\n

“Eve”\u2014fantasy from Afghanistan – Parand<\/p>\n

“The Small Clay Plate”\u2014a Siwa folk tale – Bel Parker<\/p>\n

“Orient Tavern” & “The Hungarian Hut”\u2014fantasy by Azher Jirjees<\/p>\n

“Ghosts of Farsis”\u2014a cyberpunk story – Hussein Fawzy<\/p>\n

The Conqueror of Time\u2014Egyptian Cryogenics – Nihad Sherif<\/p>\n

Salacious Criminality\u2014Trenchcoat Detectives, Rogues & Smoking Guns – Marcia Lynx Qualey<\/p>\n

The Time-Travels of the Man who Sold Pickles and Sweets\u2014an Excerpt – Khairy Shalaby<\/p>\n

Traveling Crafts: The Moon and Science Fiction in Modern & Contemporary Middle Eastern Art – Elizabeth L. Rauh<\/p>\n

“The Spirit of Mutiny”\u2014speculative fiction – Radhika Singh<\/p>\n

Susan Abulhawa at Oxford Union on Palestine\/Israel – Susan Abulhawa<\/p>\n

A Galaxy Run in 30 Minutes or Less – May Haddad<\/p>\n

Barrack Zailaa Rima\u2019s Beirut Resists Categorization – Katie Logan<\/p>\n

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“Envy”\u2014a\u00a0story by Huda Hamed<\/p>\n

“As Much of Life as the World Can Show”\u2014a short story – Fil Inocencio Jr.<\/p>\n

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TMR Issue 47 \u2013 19 articles \u2013 220 pages<\/p>\n

What could be better than escapism in times of war \u2014 from sci-fi and crime fiction to horror, romance, speculative fiction, queer, fantasy or suspense?\u00a0From Egypt, Jordan, and Lebanon to Iraq and Afghanistan, forms of genre fiction morph. They hold a certain power because of how writers, whether in the region or the diaspora, reflect and often react against the social mores and political settings. This special double issue of The Markaz Review closes the turbulent year of 2024, and suggests critical green shoots for starting afresh in 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":35677,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[3209],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-35674","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-tmr-issues","7":"entry","9":"first","10":"instock","11":"downloadable","12":"virtual","13":"purchasable","14":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nTMR 47 \u2022 GENRE FICTION - The Markaz Review<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"They hold a certain power because of how writers, whether in the region or the diaspora, reflect and often react against the social mores and political settings. 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