Palestine

A Voice That Defied Silence: The Legacy of Dr. Refaat Al-Areer

A Voice That Defied Silence: The Legacy of Dr. Refaat Al-Areer

Palestinian Refaat Al-Areer was not just an academic. He was a living metaphor for Gaza’s steadfastness, writes his...

4 JULY 2025 • By Taqwa Ahmed Al-Wawi
Palestine’s Places and Memorials Are Not Forgotten

Palestine’s Places and Memorials Are Not Forgotten

A profound meditation on the Palestinian landscape, on loss, neglect and the ravages of time, by Raja Shehadeh...

4 JULY 2025 • By Gabriel Polley
Unwritten Stories from Palestine

Unwritten Stories from Palestine

Thoth invites readers to witness the struggles of Palestinians and raise awareness of the ongoing catastrophe in the...

4 JULY 2025 • By Thoth
Doaa: From a Dreamworld to the Ashes of Displacement

Doaa: From a Dreamworld to the Ashes of Displacement

A Gaza writer's creative, hopeful sister struggles to get her degree and build a family in the midst...

30 MAY 2025 • By Taqwa Ahmed Al-Wawi
Editors’ 2025 Palestinian Lit List

Editors’ 2025 Palestinian Lit List

May 15, 2025 is the 77th commemoration of the Nakba, the day in 1948 that Palestinians suffered their...

15 MAY 2025 • By TMR
Poet Mosab Abu Toha Wins Pulitzer Prize for Essays on Gaza

Poet Mosab Abu Toha Wins Pulitzer Prize for Essays on Gaza

Poet and essayist Mosab Abu Toha who grew up in Gaza under the bombs has won the 2025...

9 MAY 2025 • By Jordan Elgrably
For Our 50th Issue, Writers Reflect on Going Home

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...

2 MAY 2025 • By TMR
Neither Here Nor There

Neither Here Nor There

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

2 MAY 2025 • By Myriam Cohenca
Gaza, Sudan, Israel/Palestine Documentaries Show in Thessaloniki

Gaza, Sudan, Israel/Palestine Documentaries Show in Thessaloniki

Three documentaries screened in Thessaloniki shed light on conflicts often absent from international media headlines.

28 MARCH 2025 • By Iason Athanasiadis
A Conversation Among My Homeland’s Trees

A Conversation Among My Homeland’s Trees

The Trees spoke above the screams, the fires, the bombs, the droughts, across the oasis, forests, and streams...

7 MARCH 2025 • By Alia Yunis
Finding Emptiness: Gaza Artist Taysir Batniji in Beirut

Finding Emptiness: Gaza Artist Taysir Batniji in Beirut

Jim Quilty interviews Paris-based Gazan artist Taysir Batniji in Beirut about his new show, "Just in Case" at...

21 FEBRUARY 2025 • By Jim Quilty
Omar El Akkad & Mohammed El-Kurd: Liberalism in a Time of Genocide

Omar El Akkad & Mohammed El-Kurd: Liberalism in a Time of Genocide

What two new books from Omar El Akkad and Mohammed El-Kurd tell us about the war on the...

14 FEBRUARY 2025 • By Rebecca Ruth Gould
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