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Tag: refugees

5 February, 2023 • Inaam Kachachi

Fiction: Inaam Kachachi’s The Dispersal, or Tashari

An excerpt from Inaan Kachachi's novel that laments the scattering of Iraqis across the world as a result of war and political oppression.

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5 February, 2023 • Hassan Blasim

“The Truck to Berlin”—Fiction from Hassan Blasim

This bleak and hyper real short story by Hassan Blasim is reminiscent of Ghassan Kanafani's novella "Men in the Sun."

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15 December, 2022 • Rana Haddad

The Swimmers and the Mardini Sisters: a True Liberation Tale

Syrian British novelist Rana Haddad reviews the new feature film from Sally El Hoseini on Netflix.

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7 November, 2022 • Sarah Eltantawi

Why Muslim Palestinian “Mo” Preferred Catholic Confession to Therapy

As a Muslim American and scholar of Islam, Sarah Eltantawi finds the new series from Mo Amer and Ramy Youssef cathartic.

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15 October, 2022 • Becky Thompson

We Say Salt from To Speak in Salt

Poet Becky Thompson talks about her new collection of poems devoted to the migrant crisis and the struggle to find home.

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15 September, 2022 • Ahmed Awadalla

“Another German”—a short story by Ahmed Awadalla

An Egyptian refugee in Berlin, longing for a home of his own, hopes love is around the corner.

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22 August, 2022 • Angélique Crux

Two Syrian Brothers Find Themselves in “We Are From There”

Angélique Crux reviews the award-winning documentary from Lebanese filmmaker Wissam Tanios.

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15 June, 2022 • Sarah AlKahly-Mills

Sarah Kahly-Mills: “The Salamander”

In this magical tale set in Lebanon and on a mysterious Mediterranean island, people dream of escape while a biologist seeks an elusive salamander.

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18 April, 2022 • Laila Halaby

Joumana Haddad’s “The Book of Queens”: a Review

Laila Halaby on the new novel from Lebanon's multilingual feminist poet and powerhouse.

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9 April, 2022 •

Novelist Rabih Alameddine in conversation with Dima Alzayat | The Markaz Review

This online event is free to the public. RSVPs are required. REGISTER HERE.   Rabih Alameddine, winner of the 2022 PEN/Faulkner Award for his latest novel, The Wrong End of… Continue reading Novelist Rabih Alameddine in conversation with Dima Alzayat | The Markaz Review

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21 March, 2022 • Melissa Chemam

Music in the Middle East: Bring Back Peace

Our music columnist Melissa Chemam, disturbed by the war in Ukraine, makes the link between Odesa and Beirut via DJ Sama' Abdulhadi.

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7 March, 2022 • Anna Lekas Miller

Ukraine War Reminds Refugees Some Are More Equal Than Others

Observing the Russia-Ukraine conflict, a Lebanese American journalist in London, married to a Syrian refugee, finds the racist double standard on refugees unsettling.

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15 January, 2022 • Jordan Elgrably

Refuge, or the Inherent Dignity of Every Human Being

TMR's editor reflects on the experience of seeking home and refuge.

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15 January, 2022 • Thomas Dallal

“Europa,” Iraq’s Entry in the 94th annual Oscars, Frames Epic Refugee Struggle

Thomas Dallal reviews Haider Rashid's new feature film, "Europa," Iraq’s foreign feature film entry to the upcoming 94th Academy Awards.

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15 January, 2022 • Peyman Hooshmandzadeh, Salar Abdoh

Refugees of Afghanistan in Iran: a Photo Essay by Peyman Hooshmandzadeh

In Iran, Afghan refugees have been a part our everyday lives for over four decades now.

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