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Middle East

2 May, 2025 • Myriam Cohenca

Neither Here Nor There

Envisioning innovative new futures that challenge conventional thinking and inspire transformative possibilities.

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11 October, 2024 • Karim Goury

Freedom is a Combat Sport: On Tatami

Karim Goury reviews "Tatami," a sports combat film depicting the conflict between suppressive male law and individual female empowerment.

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4 October, 2024 • MK Harb

The Last Millefeuille in Beirut

As Beirut anticipates a military invasion, MK Harb's short story about two friends sharing a slice of cake unfolds.

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14 June, 2024 • Matthew Broomfield

How to Write About Kurdistan

A writer's satirical guide on how to write about the hapless, subjugated Kurds, if you're not already filming them for a documentary.

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10 May, 2024 • Malu Halasa

Demarcations of Identity: Rushdi Anwar

From sound and installation to sculpture & photography, art and a history of violence collide in Rushdi Anwar’s new show.

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3 May, 2024 • Mischa Geracoulis

Palestinian Culture, Under Assault, Celebrated in New Cookbook

Fadi Kattan's Palestinian cookbook is a memoir of personal and familial memories, intriguing facts, and emotions, writes Mischa Geracoulis.

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18 March, 2024 • Sophie Kazan Makhlouf

The Mood At This Year’s Dubai Art Week 2024

Sophie Kazan reports on the mood of Dubai Art Week this year with a roundup of the UAE and Arab artists and galleries in Art Dubai.

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14 August, 2023 • Chas Freeman, Jr.

The Middle East is Once Again West Asia

Ambassador Chas Freeman on the dynamism of West Asia and the west's failing geopolitical grip on "the greater Middle East."

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2 July, 2023 • Malu Halasa

Stories From The Markaz, Stories From the Center

TMR's literary editor introduces the 2023 double summer literary issue.

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8 May, 2023 • Iason Athanasiadis

The Refugees by the Lake, a Greek Migrant Story

Iason Athanasiadis reviews the film of a migrant story set in Greece that has just been nominated for 17 Greek Cinema Academy Awards.

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7 November, 2022 • Mireille Rebeiz

Orientalism and the Erasure of Middle Easterners in Black Adam

Mireille Rebeiz takes issue with the dismal portrayal of Arabs and other Middle Easterners in a Hollywood superhero movie.

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