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A joint Arab/Kurdish exhibition at Baghdad’s The Gallery showcased how the nation’s two solitudes can unite through art.
06 JUNE, 2025 • By Hadani Ditmars
Lebanese Canadian writer and visual artist Joyce Joumaa’s videos demonstrate that the colonized are not passive recipients of their condition.
06 JUNE, 2025 • By Aidan Simardone
Creatively blending elements of fantasy, Kacimi offers readers a fresh lens onto contemporary life in Algeria.
06 JUNE, 2025 • By Samir Kacimi, Rana Asfour
Graphic novels out of Africa are a line in the sand of protest and rebellion against European colonialism.
06 JUNE, 2025 • By Aomar Boum
Sepideh Gholian's book demonstrates that freedom, even in confinement, is a state of mind, where choosing life is part of the struggle.
06 JUNE, 2025 • By Hannah Kaviani
Joe Sacco uses his graphic storytelling in "War on Gaza" to reflect on the events in the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023.
06 JUNE, 2025 • By Elias Feroz
Naima Morelli explores Istanbul’s art scene through a gallery, an art fair, and a museum retrospective.
06 JUNE, 2025 • By Naima Morelli
The writer explores Lebanon's archives for traces of her family who left 150 years ago, contemplating our responsibilities to our ancestors.
06 JUNE, 2025 • By Amelia Izmanki
In the 50th issue of The Markaz Review, diverse writers explore the return home in creative nonfiction, fiction excerpts and prose poems.
02 MAY, 2025 • By TMR
After going to Cashmere in Washington state last summer, Nafeesa Syeed wrote the following essay on colonization, displacement, and belonging.
02 MAY, 2025 • By Nafeesa Syeed
The Sursock Museum in Beirut presents "Ode to the South," a tribute exhibition to the late Abdel Hamid Baalbaki, 1940-2013.
02 MAY, 2025 • By Karina El Helou
Envisioning innovative new futures that challenge conventional thinking and inspire transformative possibilities.
02 MAY, 2025 • By Myriam Cohenca
