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Afraid for Our Children’s Future, How Do We Talk About War?

Afraid for Our Children’s Future, How Do We Talk About War?

Souseh counsels hope and continued resistance to an anxious mother worried about her kids in dangerous times.

JUNE 20, 2025 • By Souseh
TMR Book Club Discusses Bothayna Al-Essa’s “The Book Censor’s Library,” translated by Sawad Hussain & Ranya Abdelrahman

TMR Book Club Discusses Bothayna Al-Essa’s “The Book Censor’s Library,” translated by Sawad Hussain & Ranya Abdelrahman

Join The Markaz Review's Book Club on Sunday, June 29th at 1pm EST/ 6pm UK/ 7pm CET to...

JUNE 10, 2025 • By Megan Jarrell
The Pen and the Sword—Censorship Threatens Us All

The Pen and the Sword—Censorship Threatens Us All

Anna Badkhen argues that the moral bankruptcy of American intellectuals…will only kick us down the hole deeper, faster.

MAY 2, 2025 • By Anna Badkhen
Censorship and Cancellation Fail to Camouflage the Ugly Truth

Censorship and Cancellation Fail to Camouflage the Ugly Truth

Israel’s war on Gaza and Palestinians in the West Bank has prompted dissent around the world that refuses...

OCTOBER 4, 2024 • By Jordan Elgrably
Why GATEKEEPERS?

Why GATEKEEPERS?

Free speech for the Middle East and North Africa — voices from across the center of the world...

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024 • By Jordan Elgrably
Mohammad Hafez Ragab: Upsetting the Guards of Cairo

Mohammad Hafez Ragab: Upsetting the Guards of Cairo

Maha Al Aswad sheds light on Egyptian writer Mohammad Hafez Ragab, a literary figure of the 1960s whose...

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024 • By Maha Al Aswad
Meta’s Community Standards as a Tool of Digital/Settler-Colonialism

Meta’s Community Standards as a Tool of Digital/Settler-Colonialism

Omar Zahzah argues that Meta censors free speech for Palestine because it is a US dominant corporate platform...

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024 • By Omar Zahzah
My Life Among the Gatekeepers

My Life Among the Gatekeepers

Ammiel Alcalay writes of the gatekeepers who have affected every aspect of his writing, cultural, and public life.

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024 • By Ammiel Alcalay
Dare Not Speak—a One-Act Play

Dare Not Speak—a One-Act Play

A stage director declines producing a play about a child tragically murdered during a genocide, fearing she may...

JUNE 7, 2024 • By Hassan Abdulrazzak
Wajdi Mouawad’s “Controversial” Wedding Day

Wajdi Mouawad’s “Controversial” Wedding Day

Al Jadid editor Elie Chalala finds that Lebanese intellectuals’ defense of expat director Wadji Mouawad contrasts with state...

JUNE 7, 2024 • By Elie Chalala
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