short stories

An Intimate History of Violence: Beirut Under Siege in Nejmeh Khalil Habib’s A Spring that Did Not Blossom 

An Intimate History of Violence: Beirut Under Siege in Nejmeh Khalil Habib’s A Spring that Did Not Blossom 

Nejmeh Khalil Habib's latest teaches us that while there are and will always be survivors of horrors, the...

30 MAY 2025 • By Rebecca Ruth Gould
Why Love, War & Resistance?

Why Love, War & Resistance?

Can love act as a transformative force during challenging times, in the face of 2000-pound bombs, drones, AI surveillance,...

7 MARCH 2025 • By Malu Halasa
Memoir in the Age of Narcissism

Memoir in the Age of Narcissism

What do we choose to remember, and what do we choose to forget? A special monthly issue devoted...

7 FEBRUARY 2025 • By TMR
Traveling Crafts:  The Moon and Science Fiction in Modern & Contemporary Middle Eastern Art

Traveling Crafts: The Moon and Science Fiction in Modern & Contemporary Middle Eastern Art

Science fiction and dystopias figure prominently in Arab literature going back more than 100 years, writes Elizabeth Rauh.

6 DECEMBER 2024 • By Elizabeth L. Rauh
Illuminated Reading for 2024: Our Anticipated Titles

Illuminated Reading for 2024: Our Anticipated Titles

Four editors at The Markaz Review share some of their most anticipated titles publishing in 2024.

22 JANUARY 2024 • By TMR
Ghassan Zeineddine Reflects On, Transcends the Identity Zeitgeist

Ghassan Zeineddine Reflects On, Transcends the Identity Zeitgeist

Youssef Rakha is more interested in what it means to be a contemporary Arab-Muslim independently of the West...

17 JULY 2023 • By Youssef Rakha
Stories From The Markaz, Stories From the Center

Stories From The Markaz, Stories From the Center

TMR's literary editor introduces the 2023 double summer literary issue.

2 JULY 2023 • By Malu Halasa
“The City Within”—fiction from MK Harb

“The City Within”—fiction from MK Harb

In MK Harb's latest story, a man steps out of his home in Beirut after two years of...

2 JULY 2023 • By MK Harb
War and the Absurd in Zein El-Amine’s Watermelon Stories

War and the Absurd in Zein El-Amine’s Watermelon Stories

Rana Asfour reviews a collection of stories from writer and educator Zein El-Amine, who was born and raised...

20 MARCH 2023 • By Rana Asfour
TMR Bookgroup Discusses Short Stories published in TMR 22

TMR Bookgroup Discusses Short Stories published in TMR 22

Join the TMR Bookgroup when we discuss TMR 22's short stories!

17 JUNE 2022 • By
Hisham Bustani’s “The Monotonous Chaos of Existence” Bookgroup

Hisham Bustani’s “The Monotonous Chaos of Existence” Bookgroup

Free Event / 1 pm Eastern/18:00 UK/19:00 CET TMR invites you to participate in our monthly bookgroup conversation,...

31 MARCH 2022 • By
Arabs & Race in America through the Short Story Prism

Arabs & Race in America through the Short Story Prism

The best writing in "Alligator & Other Stories" starts a different conversation about Arab belonging and assimilation in...

15 OCTOBER 2020 • By Rana Asfour
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