Interview: Oorvi Sharma, Architectural Researcher and Designer
Rabi Georges reviews and interviews innovative architect Oorvi Sharma in Abu Dhabi.
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The Floods of Derna: Historical Parallels to Libya’s Crisis
Lama Elsharif finds that Derna’s harrowing flood proves a surprising catalyst for unity in a nation scarred by decades-long conflict and division.
Sustainability: Rethinking the City in the United Arab Emirates
Rana Asfour on the UAE's intervention solutions for energy-efficient, sustainable buildings rooted in the city.
Wounded Tigris: A River Journey Through the Cradle of Civilisation
Nazli Tarzi reviews an adventure travel and climate change story of what humanity stands to lose with the death of a great river.
EARTH: Our Only Home
The editors explain why they chose the EARTH theme for the 32nd issue of The Markaz Review.
Arab Theatre Grapples With Climate Change, Borders, War & Love
London-based Iraqi playwright Hassan Abdulrazak enthuses on the 2023 Shubbak theatre arts extravaganza, June 23-July 9.
Dispossessed by Climate—Iraqi Refugees in Their Own Country
Writer-photographer Susan Schulman documents the climate devastation that has sent many Iraqis into internal exile.
Our Shared Future: Marwa Arsanios’ “Reverse Shot”
Mariam Elnozahy reviews the new exhibit at London's Mosaic Rooms that looks at ecology and politics in Lebanon.
Abu Dhabi Shows Noura Ali-Ramahi’s “Allow Me Not to Explain”
Rana Asfour talks to an Emirati about her ideas and development as an artist.
Film Review: “How to Kill a Cloud” Brings Rain to the UAE
Farah Abdessamad is fascinated by a climate change documentary about would-be rainmakers in the UAE.
Burning Forests, Burning Nations
Columnist Hadani Ditmars recounts meeting strangers at the beach during fire season in British Columbia and finds Syria and Turkey are shared homelands.
Climate Disasters Hasten the Advent of a World Refugee Crisis
Novelist Omar El Akkad ("What Strange Paradise", "American War") warns that wildfires and other climate disasters are creating the conditions for a global refugee crisis the world is not prepared for.
Reconsidering Thoreau in a Burning World
Megan Marshall on living with things lost in the Caldor Fire and revisiting Henry David Thoreau.
Remember 2020 Not for Covid-19 or Trump Chaos, But Climate Change
Columnist Iason Athanasiadis remembers 2020 not so much for the pandemic or the chaos of Trump but what humankind has wrought on nature.