Skip to content
  • Instagram
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Home
  • TMR Weekly
  • Review
  • Events
  • Media
    • Podcasts
    • Videos
  • Groups
    • English-language BookGroup
    • Country Meetups
    • Language Meetups
  • About
    • Masthead
    • Frequent Authors at The Markaz Review
    • What They’re Saying About TMR
    • Mission & Vision
    • International Board (Extraordinary Council)
    • Submissions & Reviewing
    • Contact
  • Support TMR
    • Donate
    • Subscribe
    • Become a Member
    • Supporters & Partners
    • Volunteer

exile

18 July, 2022 • Nada Ghosn

Abundant Middle Eastern Talent at the ’22 Avignon Theatre Fest

Nada Ghosn revels in the artistry of Palestinian, Iranian, Lebanese, Afghan and other playwrights and performers in Avignon this year.

Read More →

27 June, 2022 • Rana Asfour

Leaving One’s Country in Mai Al-Nakib’s “An Unlasting Home”

Rana Asfour reviews Mai Al-Nakib's debut novel, in which the protagonist always thought she would leave her country.

Read More →

15 June, 2022 • Sarah AlKahly-Mills

Sarah Kahly-Mills: “The Salamander”

In this magical tale set in Lebanon and on a mysterious Mediterranean island, people dream of escape while a biologist seeks an elusive salamander.

Read More →

16 May, 2022 • Nora Lester Murad

Fragmented Love in Alison Glick’s “The Other End of the Sea”

Nora Lester Murad reviews a "far-fetched" story of a marriage between a Palestinian Muslim and an American Jew.

Read More →

11 May, 2022 • Maurice Ebileeni

Arguments Toward a Universal Palestinian Identity

Palestinian Israeli Maurice Ebileeni looks at the Palestinian experience within and beyond the homeland.

Read More →

18 April, 2022 • Saliha Haddad

Egyptian Comedic Novel Captures Dark Tale of Bedouin Migrants

Saliha Haddad reviews the third novel in English translation by Egyptian writer Hamdi Abu Golayyel.

Read More →

15 March, 2022 • Sherine Elbanhawy

The Art of Remembrance in “Abacus of Loss”

Sherine Elbanhawy lives in the pages of a memoir in verse and finds herself reluctant to leave, identifying with how its author unpacks the complexities of exile, home, family and love.

Read More →

15 January, 2022 • Ahmed Naji, Rana Asfour

Taming the Immigrant: Musings of a Writer in Exile

Former prisoner and Egyptian writer in exile Ahmed Naji contemplates what it means to be a "brown writer" in exile in America.

Read More →

15 January, 2022 • Jordan Elgrably

Refuge, or the Inherent Dignity of Every Human Being

TMR's editor reflects on the experience of seeking home and refuge.

Read More →

15 January, 2022 • Rana Asfour

Meditations on “The Ungrateful Refugee”

Rana Asfour shares her thoughts on the widely-celebrated book from Dina Nayeri, who writes that escaping and becoming a refugee preoccupied her life for more than 20 years.

Read More →

1 August, 2021 • Shereen Malherbe

Heba Hayek’s Gaza Memories

Shereen Malherbe reviews a new book from a first-time Gazan author based in London.

Read More →

16 May, 2021 • Lawrence Joffe

World Picks: May — June 2021

Travel the world, meet people, see great places, without ever leaving the comfort of your screen…welcome to the pandemic!

Read More →

14 May, 2021 • Sholeh Wolpé

The World Grows Blackthorn Walls

A new poem by Sholeh Wolpé from the forthcoming collection, Abacus of Loss, University of Arkansas Press 2022.

Read More →

18 April, 2021 • Malu Halasa

World Picks: April — May 2021

Travel the world, meet people, see great places, without ever leaving the comfort of your screen…welcome to the pandemic!

Read More →

14 September, 2020 • Francisco Letelier

Dismantlings and Exile

On my recent trip to the Mission at San Luis Obispo, I recognized the abandoned base where in the past the statue of Junipero Serra, had stood in its glory.

Read More →

1 2
  • Home
  • TMR Weekly
  • Review
  • Events
  • Media
  • Groups
  • About
  • Support TMR

© 2022 The Markaz Review • TMR • All Rights Reserved

  • Français
  • Español