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World Picks from the Editors, Oct 13 — Oct 27, 2023

World Picks from the Editors, Oct 13 — Oct 27, 2023

The editors of The Markaz Review recommends several world events from Oct 13 — Oct 27, 2023.

12 OCTOBER 2023 • By TMR
Home: New Arabic Poems in Translation

Home: New Arabic Poems in Translation

Bilingual poems, in Arabic and English, from Iman Mersal (Egypt), Ines Abassi (Tunisia) and Ashjan Hendi (Saudi Arabia).

11 OCTOBER 2023 • By Sarah Coolidge
Edward Said: Writing in the Service of Life 

Edward Said: Writing in the Service of Life 

Academic and novelist Layla AlAmmar interrogates her life's creative and scholarly achievements against the teachings of Edward Said.

9 OCTOBER 2023 • By Layla AlAmmar
Fairouz: The Peacemaker and Champion of Palestine

Fairouz: The Peacemaker and Champion of Palestine

In her new book, Dima Issa argues that the influence of Lebanese vocal artist Fairouz on the Arab...

1 OCTOBER 2023 • By Dima Issa
Saqi’s Revenant: Sahar Khalifeh’s Classic Nablus Novel Wild Thorns

Saqi’s Revenant: Sahar Khalifeh’s Classic Nablus Novel Wild Thorns

Noshin Bokth reviews a Palestinian literary classic set in Nablus about resignation and resistance under Israeli military occupation.

25 SEPTEMBER 2023 • By Noshin Bokth
Laila Halaby’s The Weight of Ghosts is a Haunting Memoir

Laila Halaby’s The Weight of Ghosts is a Haunting Memoir

Thérèse Soukkar Chehade reviews Laila Halaby's memoir about coming to terms with the trauma of losing her first...

28 AUGUST 2023 • By Thérèse Soukar Chehade
What’s the Solution for Jews and Palestine in the Face of Apartheid Zionism?

What’s the Solution for Jews and Palestine in the Face of Apartheid Zionism?

Jonathan Ofir on the new book by Daniel Boyarin that questions Jewish identity while weighing Palestinian freedom from...

21 AUGUST 2023 • By Jonathan Ofir
Ilan Pappé on Tahrir Hamdi’s  Imagining Palestine

Ilan Pappé on Tahrir Hamdi’s Imagining Palestine

Israeli-British historian Ilan Pappé argues that the agency and resilience of the Palestinians shines in "Imagining Palestine."

7 AUGUST 2023 • By Ilan Pappé
What Palestine Brings to the World—a Major Paris Exhibition

What Palestine Brings to the World—a Major Paris Exhibition

Sasha Moujaes tours an expansive exhibition at the Institut du Monde Arabe, talking to the curator and several...

31 JULY 2023 • By Sasha Moujaes
Tears from a Glass Eye—a story by Samira Azzam

Tears from a Glass Eye—a story by Samira Azzam

Samira Azzam was a Palestinian short story writer whose work influenced her more famous successor, Ghassan Kanafani.

2 JULY 2023 • By Samira Azzam
Arab Theatre Grapples With Climate Change, Borders, War & Love

Arab Theatre Grapples With Climate Change, Borders, War & Love

London-based Iraqi playwright Hassan Abdulrazak enthuses on the 2023 Shubbak theatre arts extravaganza, June 23-July 9.

4 JUNE 2023 • By Hassan Abdulrazzak
Alien Entities in the Desert

Alien Entities in the Desert

Dror Shohet recalls her otherworldly journey in the desert with her Bedouin guide, Hafez, and a caravan of...

4 JUNE 2023 • By Dror Shohet
 
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