In the 50th issue of The Markaz Review, diverse writers explore the return home in creative nonfiction, fiction...
2 MAY 2025 • By TMRA celebration quickly spirals into a lifetime of trauma when an unforeseen 'head' makes a shocking appearance.
6 DECEMBER 2024 • By Natasha TynesGeorgina Van Welie, co-founder of Sabab theatre, shares her perspective on the "Arab" Shakespeare Trilogy for the first...
7 JUNE 2024 • By Georgina Van WelieMai Al-Nakib explores memory, forgetting, and writing through the lenses of Woolf, Proust, and a Wim Wenders film.
3 MAY 2024 • By Mai Al-NakibT.H. Shalaby maps out and questions architectural planning in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE.
5 NOVEMBER 2023 • By T.H. ShalabyNicole Hamouche visits artist and architect at his Beirut studio, whose work reflects on Damascus' and Beirut’s political...
5 NOVEMBER 2023 • By Nicole HamoucheThe war on Gaza and Hamas reminds Palestinian American poet Deema K. Shehabi of her father and stories...
30 OCTOBER 2023 • By Deema K ShehabiIn an excerpt from an unpublished novella by Malu Halasa, ice skating in the desert is more than...
2 JULY 2023 • By Malu HalasaThe power of the imagination may not be enough to save a young girl’s hopes when faced with...
2 JULY 2023 • By Mona Al-ShammariMai Al-Nakib, a writer in the country's capital, interprets the recent rise in conservatism in Kuwait as a...
27 FEBRUARY 2023 • By Mai Al-NakibTugrul Mende reviews Shadh Alshammari's brave account of fighting MS and abelism.
15 JULY 2022 • By Oliver GloagRana 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