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Kuwait

2 May, 2025 • TMR

For Our 50th Issue, Writers Reflect on Going Home

In the 50th issue of The Markaz Review, diverse writers explore the return home in creative nonfiction, fiction excerpts and prose poems.

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6 December, 2024 • Natasha Tynes

“The Head of the Table”—a story by Natasha Tynes

A celebration quickly spirals into a lifetime of trauma when an unforeseen 'head' makes a shocking appearance.

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7 June, 2024 • Georgina Van Welie

Arab Shakespeare?

Georgina Van Welie, co-founder of Sabab theatre, shares her perspective on the "Arab" Shakespeare Trilogy for the first time

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3 May, 2024 • Mai Al-Nakib

Memory Archive: Between Remembering and Forgetting

Mai Al-Nakib explores memory, forgetting, and writing through the lenses of Woolf, Proust, and a Wim Wenders film.

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5 November, 2023 • T.H. Shalaby

Atom Bombs and Earthquakes: Changing Arabian Culture Via Architecture

T.H. Shalaby maps out and questions architectural planning in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE.

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5 November, 2023 • Nicole Hamouche

Mohamed Al Mufti, Architect and Painter of Our Time

Nicole Hamouche visits artist and architect at his Beirut studio, whose work reflects on Damascus' and Beirut’s political and social scene.

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30 October, 2023 • Deema K Shehabi

On Fathers, Daughters and the Genocide in Gaza 

The war on Gaza and Hamas reminds Palestinian American poet Deema K. Shehabi of her father and stories of home and immigration.

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2 July, 2023 • Mona Al-Shammari, Ibrahim Fawzy

Hayat and the Rain—fiction from Mona Alshammari

The power of the imagination may not be enough to save a young girl’s hopes when faced with rural poverty.

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2 July, 2023 • Malu Halasa

On Ice—fiction from Malu Halasa

In an excerpt from an unpublished novella by Malu Halasa, ice skating in the desert is more than just a sport.

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27 February, 2023 • Mai Al-Nakib

Signs of the Times: Rising Conservatism in Kuwait

Mai Al-Nakib, a writer in the country's capital, interprets the recent rise in conservatism in Kuwait as a symptom of fear.

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15 July, 2022 • Tugrul Mende

Between Illness and Exile in “Head Above Water”

Tugrul Mende reviews Shadh Alshammari's brave account of fighting MS and abelism.

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27 June, 2022 • Rana Asfour

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.

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15 June, 2022 • Mai Al-Nakib

Mai Al-Nakib: “Naaseha’s Counsel”

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

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15 June, 2022 • Barrak Alzaid

Barrak Alzaid: “Pink and Blue”

A young storyteller in Kuwait is captivated by the lives of Filipina women he does not know.

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6 December, 2020 • Nada Ghosn

Kuwait’s Alanoud Alsharekh, Feminist Groundbreaker

Nada Ghosn speaks to Dr. Alanoud Alsharekh in our monthly series profiling trailblazing Arab, Iranian and other women of the Middle East and North Africa.

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