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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
Mai Al-Nakib: “Naaseha’s Counsel”

Mai Al-Nakib: “Naaseha’s Counsel”

The author of the novel "An Unlasting Home" recalls stories of African slaves in Iraq and Kuwait.

15 JUNE 2022 • By Mai Al-Nakib
Hawra Al-Nadawi: “Tuesday and the Green Movement”

Hawra Al-Nadawi: “Tuesday and the Green Movement”

Translator Alice Guthrie shares a preview of Al-Nadawi's exquisite 2017 novel "Qismet," a Kurdish story set in Iraq...

15 JUNE 2022 • By Hawra Al-Nadawi
A Middle Eastern Food Roundtable, with TMR Writers, Sunday, May 8, 1 PM Eastern

A Middle Eastern Food Roundtable, with TMR Writers, Sunday, May 8, 1 PM Eastern

Register Here.   The Markaz Review presents a roundtable conversation on Middle Eastern cuisine among contributors to the...

4 MAY 2022 • By
Conversations on Food and Race with Andy Shallal

Conversations on Food and Race with Andy Shallal

Washington DC's artist-entrepreneur-philanthropist (and one-time mayoral candidate) Andy Shallal dishes on matters of hunger and racism.

15 APRIL 2022 • By Jordan Elgrably
Abū Ḥamza’s Bread

Abū Ḥamza’s Bread

In which Philip Grant muses on Ibn Sayyār al-Warrāq’s tenth century cookbook, "Kitāb aṭ-Ṭabīkh" and cooking and baking...

15 APRIL 2022 • By Philip Grant
Artist Hayv Kahraman’s “Gut Feelings” Exhibition Reviewed

Artist Hayv Kahraman’s “Gut Feelings” Exhibition Reviewed

Melissa Chemam is swept away by an Iraqi American artist's latest exhibit at Mosaic Rooms in London.

28 MARCH 2022 • By Melissa Chemam
Nadia Murad Speaks on Behalf of Women Heroes of War

Nadia Murad Speaks on Behalf of Women Heroes of War

Women's rights activist Maryam Zar reviews the memoir by a valiant survivor of ISIS who won the Nobel...

7 MARCH 2022 • By Myriam Gurba
“There’s Nothing Worse Than War”

“There’s Nothing Worse Than War”

Letter from the Editor: Russia’s Attack on Ukraine seen from European and Middle Eastern Vantage Points

24 FEBRUARY 2022 • By
(G)Hosting the Past: On Michael Rakowitz’s “Reapparitions”

(G)Hosting the Past: On Michael Rakowitz’s “Reapparitions”

Arie Akkermans reviews an Iraqi American's exhibitions as they attempt to recreate missing and destroyed artifacts taken from...

7 FEBRUARY 2022 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
Refuge, or the Inherent Dignity of Every Human Being

Refuge, or the Inherent Dignity of Every Human Being

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

15 JANUARY 2022 • By Jordan Elgrably
Children in Search of Refuge: a Photographic Essay

Children in Search of Refuge: a Photographic Essay

Photographer, documentarian and journalist Iason Athanasiadis shares images from more than 10 years of reporting from Afghanistan to...

15 JANUARY 2022 • By Iason Athanasiadis
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