TMR 52

10 stories centered around a critical theme, published monthly and curated with care.

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7 MARCH, 2025

Why Love, War & Resistance?

Can love transform in the face of bombs, drones, AI surveillance, snipers, annexation, and expulsion?

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“The Cockroaches”—flash fiction

In the violence of the Gaza war, a love that dares not speak its name blossoms at a hefty price in flash fiction by Stanko Uyi Sršen.

05 JULY, 2024 • By Stanko Uyi Srsen

“The Doll with the Purple Scarf”—flash fiction from Diaa Jubaili

Iraqi novelist Diaa Jubaili's short story, translated by Chip Rossetti, portrays dolls as unlikely victims of life under the Islamic State.

05 JULY, 2024 • By Diaa Jubaili, Chip Rossetti

The Butcher’s Assistant—a true story set in Alexandria

While studying abroad in Alexandria, Bel Parker becomes a butcher's apprentice to immerse herself in the local language and culture.

05 JULY, 2024 • By Bel Parker

“Certainty”—a short story by Nora Nagi

In this latest story by Nora Nagi, an Egyptian woman trapped in a loveless marriage far from home finds freedom.

05 JULY, 2024 • By Nora Nagi, Nada Faris

“We Danced”—a story by MK Harb

In exercises to “release your inner child,” meditation, or psychotherapy, Beirutis search for mental and physical relief, in MK Harb's latest short story.

05 JULY, 2024 • By MK Harb

“Besara”—an excerpt from Things Are Not in Their Place

An excerpt from Omani writer Huda Hamed’s bittersweet coming-of-age novel about race and self in a new English translation by Zia Ahmed.

05 JULY, 2024 • By Huda Hamed, Zia Ahmed

“Deferred Sorrow”—fiction from Haidar Al Ghazali

In Haidar Al Ghazali's short story, a Palestinian father during the war on Gaza makes an impossible choice.

05 JULY, 2024 • By Haidar Al Ghazali, Rana Asfour

Ripped from Memoirs of a Lebanese Policeman

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

Plenty of Marjanes & Leilas: Collective Strategies of the Women’s Protest in Iran

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

Why Theatre?—an Editorial

In which the editors of The Markaz Review and playwright Hassan Abdulrazzak present the theatre issue.

07 JUNE, 2024 • By TMR, Hassan Abdulrazzak

Dare Not Speak—a One-Act Play

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

As We Near the End (or What Adorno Said)

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
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