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Egyptian Novelist Skewers British Bureaucracy with Black Humor

Egyptian Novelist Skewers British Bureaucracy with Black Humor

Shady Lewis' new novel skewers British bureaucracy while exploring the immigrant experience with black humor and surreal situations.

15 AUGUST 2025 • By Valeria Berghinz
Chronicles of a Boy Manqué

Chronicles of a Boy Manqué

Growing up a "Boy Hassan" in Latakia, Rana Haddad refused to wear a dress and act like a...

7 FEBRUARY 2025 • By Rana Haddad
Soudade Kaadan: Filmmaker Interview

Soudade Kaadan: Filmmaker Interview

Syrian filmmaker Soudade Kaadan is a jury member of the 81st Venice Film Festival, and the only Arab woman...

30 AUGUST 2024 • By Jordan Elgrably
World Picks from the Editors: July 15 — August 2

World Picks from the Editors: July 15 — August 2

Film and photography festivals, concerts, art, standup comedy, lectures...TMR World Picks run the gamut and are selected by...

12 JULY 2024 • By TMR
Censorship over Gaza and Palestine Roils the Arts Community

Censorship over Gaza and Palestine Roils the Arts Community

An Arab playwright in London reacts to the canceling of Palestinian voices six months into a horrific war.

12 APRIL 2024 • By Hassan Abdulrazzak
Bilna’es at The Mosaic Rooms: Three Palestinian Artists

Bilna’es at The Mosaic Rooms: Three Palestinian Artists

Bilna'es' "In the Shade of the Sun" at The Mosaic Rooms in London demonstrates the possibilities of collaboration...

18 DECEMBER 2023 • By Nadine Nour el Din
Middle Eastern Artists and Galleries at Frieze London

Middle Eastern Artists and Galleries at Frieze London

Sophie Kazan explores the Middle Eastern artists and galleries on display when Frieze London celebrates its 20th anniversary.

23 OCTOBER 2023 • By Sophie Kazan Makhlouf
“Silence is Golden”—a short story by Farah Ahamed

“Silence is Golden”—a short story by Farah Ahamed

In Farah Ahamed's latest satire, one man's misunderstood greatness drives him to take preposterous action.

1 OCTOBER 2023 • By Farah Ahamed
World Picks From the Editors, Sept 29—Oct 15, 2023

World Picks From the Editors, Sept 29—Oct 15, 2023

A Markaz Review bi-weekly roundup of our editors' favorite selections from within the global arts and culture scene.

29 SEPTEMBER 2023 • By TMR
London Cemeteries: And Now It Is Death

London Cemeteries: And Now It Is Death

Selma Dabbagh's run through a London cemetery proves to be valuable fodder for the creative inspiration the writer...

3 SEPTEMBER 2023 • By Selma Dabbagh
Deniz Goran’s New Novel Contrasts Art and the Gezi Park Protests

Deniz Goran’s New Novel Contrasts Art and the Gezi Park Protests

A novel about "toxic authoritarianism" and how it has shaped the lives of countless young persons in Turkey,...

19 JUNE 2023 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
Yogurt, Surveillance and Book Covers

Yogurt, Surveillance and Book Covers

Malu Halasa finds unexpected tastes, pleasures and upsets at the 2023 London Book Fair.

1 MAY 2023 • By Malu Halasa
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