When Ala Younis came to Abu Dhabi, she learned buildings were torn down and rebuilt in 20-year cycles...
5 DECEMBER 2025 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
Kurdish writer Agri Ismaïl’s debut novel is nothing short of a literary miracle, suggests reviewer Aryan Omar Hassan.
14 NOVEMBER 2025 • By Aryan Omar Hassan
What happens when a human-robot relationship forms? In near-future Dubai, an accident in a skyscraper holds the key...
4 JULY 2025 • By Fadi Zaghmout
History writing opens the door for the writers and their readers to see the Persian Gulf as a...
7 FEBRUARY 2025 • By Todd Reisz
Sophie Kazan Makhlouf challenges misconceptions that an authoritarian government precludes politically-critical cultural production.
10 JANUARY 2025 • By Jelena Sofronijevic
The editors of The Markaz Review recommends several world events from Oct 13 — Oct 27, 2023.
12 OCTOBER 2023 • By TMR
A Markaz Review bi-weekly roundup of our editors' favorite selections from within the global arts and culture scene.
29 SEPTEMBER 2023 • By TMR
The Egyptian novelist and author of "Rotten Evidence: Reading and Writing in Prison" finds versions of Islam in...
15 JUNE 2022 • By Ahmed Naji
TMR presents an exclusive excerpt from Abeer Esber's fourth novel, translated here by Nouha Homad, about a Damascene...
15 JANUARY 2022 • By Abeer Esber
Covid-19 shows no sign of abating, forcing cities and some countries into more quarantines and further lockdown; without...
15 SEPTEMBER 2020 • By Melissa Chemam
