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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.

20 JUNE 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...

10 JUNE 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.

2 MAY 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...

4 OCTOBER 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...

6 SEPTEMBER 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...

6 SEPTEMBER 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...

6 SEPTEMBER 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.

6 SEPTEMBER 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...

7 JUNE 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...

7 JUNE 2024 • By Elie Chalala
Four Books to Revolutionize Your Thinking

Four Books to Revolutionize Your Thinking

TMR's managing editor, Rana Asfour, offers four books to challenge the world as we know it.

3 MARCH 2024 • By Rana Asfour
Palestinian Artists & Anti-War Supporters of Gaza Cancelled

Palestinian Artists & Anti-War Supporters of Gaza Cancelled

Nada Ghosn on censored and cancelled voices, many of whom have called for an end to the assault...

27 NOVEMBER 2023 • By Nada Ghosn
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