Like a classic noir narrative in which morality blurs and truth is slippery, the world today feels increasingly absurd and nihilistic.
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
