An exclusive excerpt from Dina Wahba's book "Counter Revolutionary Egypt" describes how the lachrymose president manipulates the public.
4 FEBRUARY 2024 • By Dina WahbaAn exclusive excerpt from Mohammed Abdelnabi's latest novel "Almost Every Day," translated from the Arabic by Nada Faris.
3 DECEMBER 2023 • By Mohammed AbdelnabiAcademic and novelist Layla AlAmmar interrogates her life's creative and scholarly achievements against the teachings of Edward Said.
9 OCTOBER 2023 • By Layla AlAmmarSelma Dabbagh reviews a masterpiece that gives insight into the life of a remarkable woman artist striving to...
25 SEPTEMBER 2023 • By Selma DabbaghThe Markaz Book Club reads Leila Aboulela's critically-acclaimed novel "River Spirit" and meets the author on Sept. 24.
8 SEPTEMBER 2023 • By Jordan ElgrablyAn Egyptian student in Budapest wakes up each morning to embody a new character, conquer language barriers and...
3 SEPTEMBER 2023 • By Nadine YasserKaroline Kamel captures the enchantment of Egypt's flea markets where a nostalgic encounter with a Barbie doll fulfilled...
3 SEPTEMBER 2023 • By Karoline KamelNovelist and TMR's Arabic Editor Mohammad Rabie peruses his bookshelf and comes up with a tantalizing book list...
14 AUGUST 2023 • By Mohammad RabieThe writer's visit to a Cairo internet store to renew her internet service proves to be an out...
24 JULY 2023 • By Sarah EltantawiAhmed Awadalla’s new story reveals sexual pleasure and doubt in a bathhouse in Beirut.
2 JULY 2023 • By Ahmed AwadallaEMISSARIES is a new volume of original, irreverent short stories from Cairo-based author Youssef Rakha. Meet him and...
21 JUNE 2023 • By Jordan ElgrablyZein El-Amine reviews the first collection of "original, irreverent" short stories written in English by Egyptian writer Youssef...
19 JUNE 2023 • By Zein El-Amine