Skip to content

 

Literature and Arts from the Center of the World

  • LOGIN
  • FR
  • ES
  • Instagram
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • TMR Weekly
  • TMR 50 • RETURNING HOME
  • Poetry Markaz
  • Bil Arabi
  • Events
  • Support
        • Home
        • Review
        • TMR Weekly
        • Events
        • Podcast
        • Book Club
        • Store
        • About
          • About
          • Masthead
          • International Board
          • Frequent Authors
          • Supporters & Partners
        • Contact
          • Submissions
          • Become a Member
          • Donate
          • Volunteer
        • Press Room
          • Press Kits
          • Releases & Media Stories
          • Books from TMR

Gaza war

5 July, 2024 • Stanko Uyi Srsen

“The Cockroaches”—flash fiction

In the violence of the Gaza war, a love that dares not speak its name blossoms at a hefty price in flash fiction by Stanko Uyi Sršen.

Read More →

5 July, 2024 • Haidar Al Ghazali, Rana Asfour

“Deferred Sorrow”—fiction from Haidar Al Ghazali

In Haidar Al Ghazali's short story, a Palestinian father during the war on Gaza makes an impossible choice.

Read More →

3 May, 2024 • Malu Halasa

Featured Artist Hazem Harb: “Back to Zero”

Gazan artist Hazem Harb remembers and celebrates the old, new, destroyed, erased and dead of Palestine in a personal response to a nasty war.

Read More →

3 May, 2024 • Ahmed Isselmou, Rana Asfour

Bloodied Dispatches—Ahmed Isselmou on the Gaza Carnage

The assault on Gaza is the longest and deadliest Israeli offensive to date, and the worst in targeting journalists and their families.

Read More →

3 March, 2024 • Faris Lounis, Jordan Elgrably

“The Map of a Genocide Victim”—fiction from Faris Lounis

A few entries on a genocidal map...A walk in the Valley of Death that is the war on Gaza and the reckoning to come.

Read More →

22 January, 2024 • Hossam Madhoun

Messages from Gaza Now /4

Tragic and horrifying, Hossam Madhoun’s 'Messages from Gaza Now' is an invaluable eye witness account inside Gaza’s war zone.

Read More →

8 January, 2024 • Hossam Madhoun

Messages from Gaza Now / 3

Hell continues in a never-ending war, yet with sumud, the Palestinian people remain resourceful, remarkable and above all, kind.

Read More →

25 December, 2023 • Ahmed Twaij

Jesus Was Palestinian, But Bethlehem Suspends Christmas

Had Jesus been born today he would be considered Palestinian, and his birth would have faced many obstacles along the way, writes Ahmed Twaij.

Read More →

25 December, 2023 • Arie Amaya-Akkermans

Meditations on Occupation, Architecture, Urbicide

In Gaza, the rubble and ruin must remain in full view not only as evidence of war crimes, but as living testimonies of shattered lives.

Read More →

18 December, 2023 • Yousef M. Aljamal

A Student’s Tribute to Refaat Alareer, Gaza’s Beloved Storyteller

Killed in Gaza by the Israeli military, Refaat Alareer's spirit and words continue to live on in his students, writes Yousef M. Al Jamal.

Read More →

18 December, 2023 • Hossam Madhoun

Messages from Gaza Now / 2

Firsthand accounts of the war by Hossam Madhoun, a theatre-maker reporting from the rubble of Gaza.

Read More →

18 December, 2023 • Brianna Halasa

We Will Sing Until the Pain Goes Away—a Palestinian Playlist

Brianna Halasa has put together a dynamite playlist in solidarity with Gaza and all Palestinians.

Read More →

6 November, 2023 • Mai Al-Nakib

Palestine’s Pen against Israel’s Swords of Injustice

Novelist Mai Al-Nakib opines that despite the bombs and the bullets, Arab voices and cultural narratives are on the rise and gaining momentum.

Read More →

  • Instagram
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn

The Markaz Review is a literary arts publication and cultural institution that curates content and programs on the greater Middle East and our communities in diaspora. The Markaz signifies “the center” in Arabic, as well as Persian, Turkish, Hebrew and Urdu.

The Markaz Review
1465 Tamarind Ave., #702,
Los Angeles CA 90028
USA

7 rue de Verdun,
34000 Montpellier
France

© 2025 The Markaz Review • TMR • All Rights Reserved

    • Home
    • TMR Weekly
    • TMR 33 • Stories From The Markaz
    • Poetry Markaz
    • Events
    • Podcasts
    • Videos
    • Essays
    • Support TMR
    • About
    • Volunteer
    • Masthead
    • Mission & Vision
    • Submissions & Reviewing
    • Contact

Sign up for the Markaz Newsletter you'll get highlights from the latest issue as well as news & event updates

Explore

  • Art
  • Art & Photography
  • Beirut
  • Book Reviews
  • Columns
  • Cuisine
  • Editorial
  • Essays
  • Fiction
  • Film
  • Film Reviews
  • History
  • Interviews
  • Islam
  • Latest Reviews
  • Letters to the Editor
  • Memoir
  • Music
  • Music Reviews
  • My Favorite Things
  • Opinion
  • Philosophy
  • Poetry
  • Poetry Markaz
  • Profile
  • TMR 3 - Racism & Identity
  • Readers Respond
  • Theatre
  • Theatre Reviews
  • Translation
  • Video
  • What We're Into
  • Women
  • World Picks
Become a Member
We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it.YesNo