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25 December, 2023 • Malu Halasa

Gaza Sunbirds: the Palestinian Para-Cyclists Who Won’t Quit

Gaza's professional para-cycling team for amputee athletes rise above Gaza's darkest days through determination and excellence in sport.

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25 December, 2023 • Ahmed Twaij

Jesus Was Palestinian, But Bethlehem Suspends Christmas

Had Jesus been born today he would be considered Palestinian, and his birth would have faced many obstacles along the way, writes Ahmed Twaij.

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25 December, 2023 • Arie Amaya-Akkermans

Meditations on Occupation, Architecture, Urbicide

In Gaza, the rubble and ruin must remain in full view not only as evidence of war crimes, but as living testimonies of shattered lives.

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25 December, 2023 • Paola Caridi

Inside Hamas: From Resistance to Regime

An exclusive excerpt from the 2023 title "Hamas: From Resistance to Regime" by Paola Caridi, translated by Andrea Teti.

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18 December, 2023 • Yousef M. Aljamal

A Student’s Tribute to Refaat Alareer, Gaza’s Beloved Storyteller

Killed in Gaza by the Israeli military, Refaat Alareer's spirit and words continue to live on in his students, writes Yousef M. Al Jamal.

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18 December, 2023 • Hossam Madhoun

Messages from Gaza Now / 2

Firsthand accounts of the war by Hossam Madhoun, a theatre-maker reporting from the rubble of Gaza.

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18 December, 2023 • Nadine Nour el Din

Bilna’es at The Mosaic Rooms: Three Palestinian Artists

Bilna'es' "In the Shade of the Sun" at The Mosaic Rooms in London demonstrates the possibilities of collaboration and community.

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18 December, 2023 • Brianna Halasa

We Will Sing Until the Pain Goes Away—a Palestinian Playlist

Brianna Halasa has put together a dynamite playlist in solidarity with Gaza and all Palestinians.

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18 December, 2023 • Sophie Kazan Makhlouf

Art Lights Up Riyadh This Winter

Sophie Kazan Makhlouf travels to Saudi Arabia to take in a citywide festival that may have forever changed the country's cultural landscape.

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11 December, 2023 • Hossam Madhoun

Messages From Gaza Now

A Gazan theatre artist, constantly endangered by the onslaught of Israeli planes, drones and bombs, writes from the heart of the matter.

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11 December, 2023 • Teodor Reljić

Assassination in Malta: How They Killed My Mother

Teodor Reljić reviews Paul Caruana Galizia's book in which he dissects the Maltese status quo that led to his journalist mother’s murder.

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11 December, 2023 • Bavand Karim

Religious Misogyny Personified in Ali Abbasi’s Holy Spider

Bavand Karim reviews the film "Holy Spider" by Ali Abbassi which coldly deconstructs the brutal nature of Iran’s religious patriarchy.

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11 December, 2023 • Safa Khatib

Tone—Literary Criticism to Challenge the Mind

Sofia Samatar and Kate Zambreno indulge in a collective reading and writing practice to capture literary tone, writes Safa Khatib.

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8 December, 2023 • TMR

World Picks from the Editors: Dec 9 — Dec 22

The editors of The Markaz Review recommend several cultural world events.

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4 December, 2023 • Antony Loewenstein

The Palestine Laboratory and Gaza: An Excerpt

Antony Loewenstein, winner of Australia's highest journalism award, presents his latest exploration of Israel and Palestine.

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