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7 February, 2025 • TMR

Memoir in the Age of Narcissism

What do we choose to remember, and what do we choose to forget? A special monthly issue devoted to the genre of memoir...

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9 August, 2024 • Shalaw Habiba, Savan Abdulrahman

“Common Types of Melancholy”—fiction from Shalaw Habiba

The Markaz Review presents a rare piece of prose in English translation from Kurdish writer Shalaw Habiba, translated by Savan Abdulrahman.

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25 March, 2024 • Adib Rahhal

How Fragile We Are: Hisham Matar’s My Friends

Adib Rahhal reviews Hisham Matar's latest novel, in which the precariousness of existence and Libya serve as springboards.

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13 November, 2023 • Naima Morelli

My Love for Derna: Interview with Libyan Writer Mahbuba Khalifa

A Libyan writer from Derna laments the floods that came not long after she devoted a short story collection to her hometown.

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24 July, 2023 • Kaya Genç

Literature Takes Courage: on Ahmet Altan’s Lady Life

In and out of Turkish prisons for his unflinching political essays, Ahmet Altan returns with a new novella in English.

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2 July, 2023 • Malu Halasa

Stories From The Markaz, Stories From the Center

TMR's literary editor introduces the 2023 double summer literary issue.

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2 July, 2023 • Natasha Tynes

“The Agency”—a story by Natasha Tynes

A shrewd businesswoman runs a matchmaking agency in Amman that finds brides for male clients based on a virginity scale.

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2 July, 2023 • Ola Mustapha

We Saw Paris, Texas—a story by Ola Mustapha

In Ola Mustapha's new story, a man falls for the seduction of a film and it becomes the blueprint for love, life, and even death.

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2 July, 2023 • Farah Ahamed

Rich and Poor People—fiction by Farah Ahamed

After her controlling husband dies, a wealthy woman obsesses over the neighborhood crows until her maid decides to take matters into her own hands.

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2 July, 2023 • Aliyeh Ataei, Siavash Saadlou

“My Mother is a Tree”—a story by Aliyeh Ataei

Aliyeh Ataei's new story centers on a young woman exploring herself as a writer while choosing life in Paris.

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2 July, 2023 • MK Harb

“The City Within”—fiction from MK Harb

In MK Harb's latest story, a man steps out of his home in Beirut after two years of living in isolation to a life-changing encounter.

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2 July, 2023 • Mai Al-Nakib

“The Burden of Inheritance”—fiction from Mai Al-Nakib

In Mai Al-Nakib’s new short story, a woman makes a Herculean effort to preserve the memory and artwork of her late husband.

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2 July, 2023 • Yussef El Guindi

STAMP ME—a monologue by Yussef El Guindi

Yussef El Guindi explores an anxious traveler's mind racing with thoughts of what to say as he faces border and customs control.

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2 July, 2023 • Ghadeer Ahmed, Hala Kamal

Abortion Tale: On Our Ground

In Ghadeer Ahmed's latest story, three women with no abortion rights refuse to be victims of exploitation and blackmail.

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2 July, 2023 • Malu Halasa

On Ice—fiction from Malu Halasa

In an excerpt from an unpublished novella by Malu Halasa, ice skating in the desert is more than just a sport.

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