Palestine

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
Ravaged by Fire

Ravaged by Fire

Francisco Letelier connects the devastation of fire and climate change with the decimation of Gaza and other disasters.

7 FEBRUARY 2025 • By Francisco Letelier
Memories of Palestine through Contemporary Media

Memories of Palestine through Contemporary Media

Malu Halasa reviews a memoir of Palestine of both emotional and geographic proportions.

7 FEBRUARY 2025 • By Malu Halasa
Flight Plans: From Gaza to Singapore

Flight Plans: From Gaza to Singapore

Palestinian civil aviation is not only a symbol of freedom, but is deeply connected to their quest for...

7 FEBRUARY 2025 • By Chin-chin Yap
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