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 trauma is never forgotten.
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Why LOVE, WAR & RESISTANCE?
Can love act as a transformative force during challenging times, in the face of 2000-pound bombs, drones, AI surveillance, snipers, annexation and expulsion?
Memoir in the Age of Narcissism
What do we choose to remember, and what do we choose to forget? A special monthly issue devoted to the genre of memoir...
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.
Illuminated Reading for 2024: Our Anticipated Titles
Four editors at The Markaz Review share some of their most anticipated titles publishing in 2024.
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 than an American Arab.
Stories From The Markaz, Stories From the Center
TMR's literary editor introduces the 2023 double summer literary issue.
“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 living in isolation to a life-changing encounter.
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 in Lebanon.
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 America, through the prism of Syrian experience.