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In an excerpt from an unpublished novella by Malu Halasa, ice skating in the desert is more than...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