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True reflections of a former officer of the law in Lebanon from his hit memoir, translated by Lina Mounzer.
05 JULY, 2024 • By Fawzi Zabyan, Lina Mounzer
Marjane Satrapi's edited anthology "Woman, Life, Freedom" shows that the story of the movement cannot be told with only one voice.
05 JULY, 2024 • By Katie Logan
In which the editors of The Markaz Review and playwright Hassan Abdulrazzak present the theatre issue.
07 JUNE, 2024 • By TMR, Hassan Abdulrazzak
A stage director declines producing a play about a child tragically murdered during a genocide, fearing she may appear biased.
07 JUNE, 2024 • By Hassan Abdulrazzak
In his play, Youssef El Guindi debates whether art is merely a distraction or if it can truly change the world.
07 JUNE, 2024 • By Yussef El Guindi
Al Jadid editor Elie Chalala finds that Lebanese intellectuals’ defense of expat director Wadji Mouawad contrasts with state chokehold on freedom of expression.
07 JUNE, 2024 • By Elie Chalala
An original short play by playwright and theatre maker Mona Mansour: "a short, dark confession in a time of catastrophe."
07 JUNE, 2024 • By Mona Mansour
A play about the French Revolution highlights the experiences of Syrian actors and theatre makers as artists in exile.
07 JUNE, 2024 • By Mudar Alhaggi
Lameece Issaq presents a short play borrowing a popular fantasy world.
07 JUNE, 2024 • By Lameece Issaq
What shall we forget and what shall we remember, and can forgetting also be a force for good? The editors inquire.
03 MAY, 2024 • By Malu Halasa, Jordan Elgrably
Mai Al-Nakib explores memory, forgetting, and writing through the lenses of Woolf, Proust, and a Wim Wenders film.
03 MAY, 2024 • By Mai Al-Nakib
Gazan artist Hazem Harb remembers and celebrates the old, new, destroyed, erased and dead of Palestine in a personal response to a nasty war.
03 MAY, 2024 • By Malu Halasa
