Saudi Arabia

Reading Between the Lines of Land

Reading Between the Lines of Land

Trekking through the diverse terrains of Britain, Norway, and Saudi Arabia, a geologist embarks on a journey of...

4 JULY 2025 • By Manar Alsaif
Resilient Cartographies: Histories of the Persian Gulf

Resilient Cartographies: Histories of the Persian Gulf

History writing opens the door for the writers and their readers to see the Persian Gulf as a...

7 FEBRUARY 2025 • By Todd Reisz
Lena Khalaf Tuffaha: Two Poems

Lena Khalaf Tuffaha: Two Poems

Lena Khalaf Tuffaha won the 2024 National Book Award for her latest collection of poems, "Something About Living."

19 DECEMBER 2024 • By Lena Khalaf Tuffaha
Dune in 2024: A World Beyond Saving

Dune in 2024: A World Beyond Saving

The meta-narrative in Frank Herbert's Dune trilogy foresees the modern disaster of never-ending colonialism and a planet destroyed...

5 JULY 2024 • By Ahmed Naji
“The Scent Censes” & “Elegy With Precious Oil” by Majda Gama

“The Scent Censes” & “Elegy With Precious Oil” by Majda Gama

Majda Gama shares with Poetry Markaz two poems from her award-winning book "The Call of Paradise."

4 FEBRUARY 2024 • By Majda Gama
The Rebels of Football, Then and Now

The Rebels of Football, Then and Now

Justin Salhani argues that the "beautiful game" has been a powerful instrument of emancipation for workers, feminists and...

8 JANUARY 2024 • By Justin Olivier Salhani
Art Lights Up Riyadh This Winter

Art Lights Up Riyadh This Winter

Sophie Kazan Makhlouf travels to Saudi Arabia to take in a citywide festival that may have forever changed...

18 DECEMBER 2023 • By Sophie Kazan Makhlouf
Atom Bombs and Earthquakes: Changing Arabian Culture Via Architecture

Atom Bombs and Earthquakes: Changing Arabian Culture Via Architecture

T.H. Shalaby maps out and questions architectural planning in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE.

5 NOVEMBER 2023 • By T.H. Shalaby
Art Curators as Public Intellectuals

Art Curators as Public Intellectuals

Naima Morelli talks to Rose Issa, Sara Raza, Farah Abushullaih and Alia Al-Senussi about art and intellectuals.

1 OCTOBER 2023 • By Naima Morelli
World Picks From the Editors, Sept 29—Oct 15, 2023

World Picks From the Editors, Sept 29—Oct 15, 2023

A Markaz Review bi-weekly roundup of our editors' favorite selections from within the global arts and culture scene.

29 SEPTEMBER 2023 • By TMR
The Middle East is Once Again West Asia

The Middle East is Once Again West Asia

Ambassador Chas Freeman on the dynamism of West Asia and the west's failing geopolitical grip on "the greater...

14 AUGUST 2023 • By Chas Freeman, Jr.
From Pawns to Global Powers: Middle East Nations Strike Back

From Pawns to Global Powers: Middle East Nations Strike Back

Former ambassador Chas Freeman, Jr. argues that we have entered a new era in which players are shifting...

29 MAY 2023 • By Chas Freeman, Jr.
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