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I Don’t Have Time For This Right Now

I Don’t Have Time For This Right Now

Fourteen million people have been displaced from Sudan due to the war, finding joy in life between the...

5 SEPTEMBER 2025 • By Re'al Bakhit
Egyptian Novelist Skewers British Bureaucracy with Black Humor

Egyptian Novelist Skewers British Bureaucracy with Black Humor

Shady Lewis' new novel skewers British bureaucracy while exploring the immigrant experience with black humor and surreal situations.

15 AUGUST 2025 • By Valeria Berghinz
An Immigrant in America: The Palace of Forty Pillars

An Immigrant in America: The Palace of Forty Pillars

A story of a self-estranged gay adolescent navigating his identity as an Armenian in Iran and later as...

18 APRIL 2025 • By Sean Casey
Moheb Soliman presents two poems from HOMES

Moheb Soliman presents two poems from HOMES

Far from his first country, a poet maps the shoreline of the Great Lakes from the rocky North...

8 MAY 2024 • By Moheb Soliman
Holding Back the Bobos: Portrait of Paris’ Belleville

Holding Back the Bobos: Portrait of Paris’ Belleville

In Paris, Belleville struggles to hang on to its immigrant roots while the world's cities gentrify and price...

1 APRIL 2024 • By Cole Stangler
The Refugee Ocean—An Intriguing Premise

The Refugee Ocean—An Intriguing Premise

Natasha Tynes reviews the latest novel from Pauls Toutonghi, author of "Evel Knievel Days."

30 OCTOBER 2023 • By Natasha Tynes
The Markaz Review Interview—Faïza Guène  

The Markaz Review Interview—Faïza Guène  

Melissa Chemam interviews the French-Algerian novelist Faïza Guène on the publication of her novel "Discretion" in English translation.

22 MAY 2023 • By Melissa Chemam
Poet Mihaela Moscaliuc—a “Permanent Immigrant”

Poet Mihaela Moscaliuc—a “Permanent Immigrant”

Immigrant poet Mihaela Muscaliuc has wandered half her life, far afield from her native Romania, and is always...

5 FEBRUARY 2023 • By Mihaela Moscaliuc
The Story of Youssef Salem, Nominated for the Goncourt

The Story of Youssef Salem, Nominated for the Goncourt

Laëtitia Soula reviews the acidic new comedy from Baya Kasmi, which plays on the Rothian theme of intimate...

16 JANUARY 2023 • By Laëtitia Soula
French-Algerian Artist Djamel Tatah’s Solitary Crowds

French-Algerian Artist Djamel Tatah’s Solitary Crowds

Laëtitia Soula caught the opening of Djamel Tatah's extravagant show at the Musée Fabre in Montpellier, where she...

12 DECEMBER 2022 • By Laëtitia Soula
Leaving One’s Country in Mai Al-Nakib’s “An Unlasting Home”

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.

27 JUNE 2022 • By Rana Asfour
World Refugee Day — What We Owe Each Other

World Refugee Day — What We Owe Each Other

World Refugee Day is the first of seven days during which refugees will be recognized in events across...

20 JUNE 2022 • By Jordan Elgrably
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