Defiance—an essay from Sara Mokhavat
When an oppressive, insulting cleric makes life unbearable at a university campus in Tehran, students rebel. Pandemonium ensues.
Interview with Ahed Tamimi, an Icon of the Palestinian Resistance
Nora Lester Murad talks to Palestinian co-authors Ahed Tamimi and Dena Takruri about “They Called Me a Lioness.”
On Women and Gods: How Three Female Clerics Came Together
Laëtitia Soula talks to an imam, a pastor and a rabbi, all women, who sat down to write a book together melding feminism and religion.
“Malika,” an excerpt from Abdellah Taïa’s Vivre à ta lumìere
In this excerpt from a chapter in his latest novel in French, Abdellah Taïa pays homage to his mother, his favorite heroine.
The Life of Malika in Vivre à ta lumière
Jean-Philippe Cazier reviews the latest novel in French from Moroccan writer Abdellah Taïa, written in memory of his mother.
The Postcard Women’s Imaginarium: Decolonizing the Western Gaze
Salma Ahmad Caller reflects on curating a unique museum-quality exhibition of postcards and objects orientalizing women
Yemen’s Feminist Trailblazer Flees Death Threats for a New Life in the UK
Facing death threats from the Houthis, minister of education Nadia Al-Sakkaf, editor in chief of the Yemen Times, flees Yemen.
Zoulikha, Forgotten Freedom Fighter of the Algerian War
Fouad Mami meditates on a nearly forgotten heroine of Algeria’s war for independence, who was memorialzied in an Assia Djebar novel.
Nawal El-Saadawi, a Heroine in Prison
Ibrahim Fawzy remembers the late, great Egyptian feminist author, doctor and activist Nawal El-Saadawi.
On a Poem by Imtiaz Dharker—From Poetry Unbound
A word from Pádraig O. Tuama, poet-editor of the new anthology “Poetry Unbound, 50 Poems to Open Your World.”
“I Will Write”—Homage to Ángel Guinda and Mahsa Amini
In this inaugural issue of Poetry Markaz we present the late Ángel Guinda’s poem “Escribir” in honor of #Mahsa Amini.
Cassette Tapes Once Captured Egypt’s Popular Culture
Mariam Elnohazy reviews “Media of the Masses,” a new book on the history of Egyptian cassette culture.