Claiming a past that never existed previously in the city, nostalgia overwhelms the inhabitants of Alexandria, writes Mohamed...
3 MAY 2024 • By Mohamed Gohar
Revisiting her memories of Egypt's January 25 revolution, Asmaa Elgamal finds that denying common sense is the worst...
3 MAY 2024 • By Asmaa Elgamal
Areej Gamal's translated short story from Egypt depicts a potted plant and forbidden love that become intertwined, with...
3 MAY 2024 • By Areej Gamal
TMR's managing editor, Rana Asfour, offers four books to challenge the world as we know it.
3 MARCH 2024 • By Rana Asfour
In tone, "Rotten Evidence" is cynical, bitterly funny, and oftentimes tender without ever being sentimental, writes Lina Mounzer.
12 FEBRUARY 2024 • By Lina Mounzer
An exclusive excerpt from Dina Wahba's book "Counter Revolutionary Egypt" describes how the lachrymose president manipulates the public.
4 FEBRUARY 2024 • By Dina Wahba
Mohammad Shawky Hassan reflects on the original story that informed the making of "Shall I Compare You to...
4 FEBRUARY 2024 • By Mohammad Shawky Hassan
Emotions of modern romance are found in Alaa Hasanin’s "The Love That Doubles Loneliness," translated from Arabic by...
4 FEBRUARY 2024 • By Alaa Hassanien
Bilingual poems, in Arabic and English, from Iman Mersal (Egypt), Ines Abassi (Tunisia) and Ashjan Hendi (Saudi Arabia).
11 OCTOBER 2023 • By Sarah Coolidge
Public intellectuals no longer exist, argues Moustafa Bayoumi; they have been usurped by "influencers."
1 OCTOBER 2023 • By Moustafa Bayoumi
Yasmine Al Rashidi on writer-thinker Alaa Abdel Fattah who advocates for the rights of those without platforms to...
1 OCTOBER 2023 • By Yasmine El Rashidi
The Markaz Book Club reads Leila Aboulela's critically-acclaimed novel "River Spirit" and meets the author on Sept. 24.
8 SEPTEMBER 2023 • By Jordan Elgrably
