Translators Erfan Mojib and Gary Gach present poetry from Hafez, Iran's celebrated 14th century Persian lyric poet.
15 JULY 2024 • By Erfan Mojib
Somaia Ramish's poems, originally in Persian, decry violence against women, underage or forced marriage, poverty and the impact...
12 JUNE 2024 • By Somaia Ramish
Nazli Tarzi reviews a book that challenges the uncritical view of eyeliner as a mere “exercise in vanity”...
19 FEBRUARY 2024 • By Nazli Tarzi
In the aftermath of a long war, a man in Iran searches for meaning, hopes for love, and...
4 FEBRUARY 2024 • By Salar Abdoh
Four editors at The Markaz Review share some of their most anticipated titles publishing in 2024.
22 JANUARY 2024 • By TMR
Novelist Négar Djavadi deploys non-fiction to question Iran's downing of an international flight out of Tehran.
15 JANUARY 2024 • By Sepideh Farkhondeh
Bavand Karim reviews the film "Holy Spider" by Ali Abbassi which coldly deconstructs the brutal nature of Iran’s...
11 DECEMBER 2023 • By Bavand Karim