Palestine

Messages from Gaza Now / 2

Messages from Gaza Now / 2

Firsthand accounts of the war by Hossam Madhoun, a theatre-maker reporting from the rubble of Gaza.

18 DECEMBER 2023 • By Hossam Madhoun
We Will Sing Until the Pain Goes Away—a Palestinian Playlist

We Will Sing Until the Pain Goes Away—a Palestinian Playlist

Brianna Halasa has put together a dynamite playlist in solidarity with Gaza and all Palestinians.

18 DECEMBER 2023 • By Brianna Halasa
Poet Ahmad Almallah

Poet Ahmad Almallah

Poet and writer Ahmad Almallah grew up in Bethlehem and presently makes his home in Philadelphia.

9 NOVEMBER 2023 • By Ahmad Almallah
Palestine’s Pen against Israel’s Swords of Injustice

Palestine’s Pen against Israel’s Swords of Injustice

Novelist Mai Al-Nakib opines that despite the bombs and the bullets, Arab voices and cultural narratives are on...

6 NOVEMBER 2023 • By Mai Al-Nakib
Avi Shlaim on His Memoir Three Worlds and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Avi Shlaim on His Memoir Three Worlds and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

The Markaz Review presents an interview with Oxford historian and author Avi Shlaim, with guest interviewer Layla Magrhibi,...

2 NOVEMBER 2023 • By Megan Jarrell
On Fathers, Daughters and the Genocide in Gaza 

On Fathers, Daughters and the Genocide in Gaza 

The war on Gaza and Hamas reminds Palestinian American poet Deema K. Shehabi of her father and stories...

30 OCTOBER 2023 • By Deema K Shehabi
Palestine and the Unspeakable

Palestine and the Unspeakable

Prefacing our special Palestine issue, senior editor Lina Mounzer attempts to express the horror that has become the...

16 OCTOBER 2023 • By Lina Mounzer
Vera Tamari’s Lifetime of Palestinian Art

Vera Tamari’s Lifetime of Palestinian Art

Taline Voskeritchian extolls a Palestinian's lifetime commitment to art as a powerful testament to human resilience.

16 OCTOBER 2023 • By Taline Voskeritchian
A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: A Palestine Story

A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: A Palestine Story

Dalia Hatuqa reviews an intimate account of the "Jaba Bus" deaths that illuminates the harsh reality of living...

16 OCTOBER 2023 • By Dalia Hatuqa
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
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