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World Picks: Festival Arabesques in Montpellier

World Picks: Festival Arabesques in Montpellier

The largest festival of Arab and North African music takes place each year in Montpellier: Arabesques is quite...

4 SEPTEMBER 2023 • By TMR
Translation and Indigeneity—Amazigh Culture from Treason to Revitalization

Translation and Indigeneity—Amazigh Culture from Treason to Revitalization

Brahim El-Guabli identifies how Amazigh activists have engaged with translation to revitalize their threatened language and culture.

14 AUGUST 2023 • By Brahim El Guabli
Cruising the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair

Cruising the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair

TMR's managing editor, Rana Asfour, checks out one of the world's largest book events looking for literary mana.

29 MAY 2023 • By Rana Asfour
The Afro-Amazigh World Cup Debate Revisited

The Afro-Amazigh World Cup Debate Revisited

A Black and Amazigh Indigenous scholar from Morocco, Brahim El Guabli sees Amazigh identity as embracing "unity based...

9 JANUARY 2023 • By Brahim El Guabli
Moroccans Triumph at World Cup While Press Freedom Suffers

Moroccans Triumph at World Cup While Press Freedom Suffers

Samia Errazzouki recounts personal experience as a Moroccan American journalist working in Morocco.

15 DECEMBER 2022 • By Samia Errazzouki
Everyone has a Stake in Morocco’s Football Team

Everyone has a Stake in Morocco’s Football Team

The Moroccan team's World Cup wins have galvanized their Arab and African fans and inspired millions around the...

15 DECEMBER 2022 • By Brahim El Guabli
Love Has Everything to Do with Maryam Touzani’s The Blue Caftan

Love Has Everything to Do with Maryam Touzani’s The Blue Caftan

Melissa Chemam reviews the new taboo-busting feature film from Moroccan director Maryam Touzani.

5 DECEMBER 2022 • By Melissa Chemam
“Malika,” an excerpt from Abdellah Taïa’s Vivre à ta lumìere

“Malika,” an excerpt from Abdellah Taïa’s Vivre à ta lumìere

In this excerpt from a chapter in his latest novel in French, Abdellah Taïa pays homage to his...

15 OCTOBER 2022 • By Abdellah Taïa
Two Ways to See Morocco from Across the Mediterranean

Two Ways to See Morocco from Across the Mediterranean

Nora Ounnas Leroy talks to three Moroccan artists participating in a Montpellier incubator project through the Festival Arabesques.

26 SEPTEMBER 2022 • By Nora Ounnas Leroy
My Amazighitude: On the Indigenous Identity of North Africa

My Amazighitude: On the Indigenous Identity of North Africa

Brahim El Guabli explores his Amazigh roots while championing the struggle of all indigenous peoples.

6 JUNE 2022 • By Brahim El Guabli
A Middle Eastern Food Roundtable, with TMR Writers, Sunday, May 8, 1 PM Eastern

A Middle Eastern Food Roundtable, with TMR Writers, Sunday, May 8, 1 PM Eastern

Register Here.   The Markaz Review presents a roundtable conversation on Middle Eastern cuisine among contributors to the...

4 MAY 2022 • By
LA Sketches: Sneakers and the Man From Taroudant

LA Sketches: Sneakers and the Man From Taroudant

A young artisan from Taroudant, Morocco now calls Los Angeles home and brings a particular flare to shoe...

15 FEBRUARY 2022 • By
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