World Picks from the Editors: July 15 — August 2

World Picks from The Markaz Review (art by Jalal Sepehr).

12 JULY 2024 • By TMR
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Randa Mirza, “Beirutopia” in the Rencontres de la Photographie

Throughout July/Aug, Arles —more info

Randa Mirza is an accomplished Lebanese photographer; BEIRUTOPIA is a visual essay with a biographical scope, premonitory of the multidimensional crisis — political, financial and social — that Lebanon is going through. This monographic exhibition takes a critical look at the brutal transformation of post-war Beirut through seven works produced between 2000 and 2022.


Land Water and Destruction lecture on Israel and Palestine

Talk: Land, Water and Destruction: Israel’s Ecocide in Palestine

July 16, SOAS, online/UK —more info

A debate on the impact of the Israeli war and occupation on Palestine’s environment and the climate crisis in the Middle East. Gain a deeper understanding on how the Israeli onslaught on Gaza and military governance of Palestine impacts water, land and other resources of Palestinians. This in-person event promises to be eye-opening and thought-provoking.

To join the livestream online, click here.

Speakers include Yasmeen El-Hasan, Sarona Bedwan, and Dr Muna Dajani.


Concert of Colors: Peace, Love & Understanding

July 16—21, Detroit, US —more info

The Concert of Colors Forum on Community, Culture & Race, one of the Arab American National Museum’s signature annual events, is a dynamic gathering of artists, activists and advocates who use art and dialogue as a tool for advocacy and community building. This is a free family-friendly event located indoors and outdoors at the Detroit Institute of Arts with performances at Metro Detroit’s cultural institutions. For full line-up, see here.


Contemporary Arab Cinema at BAM

Contemporary Arab Cinema at BAM Film 2024

Ongoing — July 18, Hagob Kevorkian Center at NYU, US —more info

Part of BAM Film 2024 and now in its sixth year, this festival highlights new works from the boldest filmmakers in the Middle East and North Africa, bringing forth the diversity and complexity of the modern Arab world. The films present 12 compelling narratives, both fiction and documentaries, among them from Yemen, Egypt, Iraq, Sudan, and Palestine. Our personal favorite is screening on July 18: Based on an incredible true story, Voy! Voy! Voy! relates the tale of Hassan (Mohamed Farrag), an Egyptian man who dreams of escaping poverty in Cairo, and fakes a visual impairment in order to join a team bound for the Blind Football World Cup in Poland. There will be a Q&A with director Omar Hilal following the screening.


Présences Arabes: Modern Art and Decolonization, Paris 1908-1988

Ongoing —August 25, The Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris — more info

 The exhibition highlights more than 130 avant-garde Arab artists whose works constitute an essential contribution to the history of modern art in the 20th century. The exhibition itinerary is built around different trajectories of artists who studied in the fine arts schools of their countries before coming to study and settle in Paris to continue their training.

Présences Arabes begins in 1908, the year of the arrival of Lebanese poet and artist Khalil Gibran in Paris and the opening of the School of Fine Arts in Cairo. It ends in 1988, with the first exhibition devoted to contemporary Arab artists at the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris and with the exhibition Singuliers: bruts ou naïfs, with among others the Moroccan artist Chaïbia Tallal and the Tunisian artist Jaber Al-Mahjoub, presented at the children’s museum of Paris’ Museum of Modern Art.


Bittersweet: food and Yemen

Bittersweet: A Story of Food and Yemen Tours

July 20, Liverpool Arabic Center, UK—more info

A guided food tour of Yemeni eateries on Lodge Lane, UK, to experience the unique culinary flavors from different regions of Yemen. The event is inspired by the photography book Bittersweet: A Journey of Food and Yemen by Sayed Asif Mahmud (Medina Publishing, 2024), with contributions from Marta Colburn and Jessica Olneywhich. The photography book celebrates Yemen’s vibrant culture and its diverse culinary heritage.


Libyan comedian Mustafa Algiyadi

Almost Legal Alien: Arab Libyan stand-up comedian Mustafa Algiyadi

July 21, The Glitch, London — more info

Libyan Arab stand-up Mustafa Algiyadi (the co-founder of the first weekly and longest-running English Stand Up Comedy Club in Munich) longs to be part of the European way of life but is confronted with some cultural differences that make it confusing, chaotic, and sometimes highly inappropriate! If you’re up for picking apart bad habits, religion, meditation, velvet sofas and for learning how to deal with annoying people, then why are you not booking your ticket already?!?


Seattle Arab Festival

Seattle Arab Festival

July 27—28, Seattle, US—more info

Part of the Seattle Center Festál series, this is free and open to the public. Seattle Arab Festival (SAF) is a nonprofit organization run entirely by volunteers dedicated to showcasing the richness and diversity of Arab culture. It features a variety of vendors, performances, food, cultural booths, and more. One of their highlights for this edition is “Bridges to Palestine” in which visitors can celebrate Arab culture and build bridges to Palestine through cultural performances, informative exhibits, and engaging dialogue.

 

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Art & Photography

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Arabic

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Essays

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Alien Entities in the Desert
Featured Artist

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Nasrin Abu Baker: The Markaz Review Featured Artist, June 2023
Art & Photography

And Yet Our Brothers: Portraits of France

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And Yet Our Brothers: Portraits of France
Book Reviews

How Bethlehem Evolved From Jerusalem’s Sleepy Backwater to a Global Town

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How Bethlehem Evolved From Jerusalem’s Sleepy Backwater to a Global Town
TMR Conversations

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TMR CONVERSATIONS: Amal Ghandour Interviews Raja Shehadeh
Columns

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Essays

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Film Reviews

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<em>The Alleys</em>—Suspense and Scandal in East Amman
Columns

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Sudden Journeys: Paris Arabe
Book Reviews

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In Search of Fathers: Raja Shehadeh’s Palestinian Memoir
Centerpiece

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Broken Home: Britain in the Time of Migration
Essays

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Cities

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The Odyssey That Forged a Stronger Athenian
Essays

Home Under Siege: a Palestine Photo Essay

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Home Under Siege: a Palestine Photo Essay
Book Reviews

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20 FEBRUARY 2023 • By Saliha Haddad
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Columns

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6 FEBRUARY 2023 • By Jenine Abboushi
Sudden Journeys: Deluge at Wadi Feynan
TV Review

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Palestinian Territories Under Siege But Season 4 of <em>Fauda</em> Goes to Brussels and Beirut Instead
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Fiction: Inaam Kachachi’s The Dispersal, or Tashari

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Book Reviews

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Sabyl Ghoussoub Heads for Beirut in Search of Himself
Book Reviews

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End of an Era: Al Saqi Bookshop in London Closes
Art

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26 DECEMBER 2022 • By Malu Halasa
The Creative Resistance in Palestinian Art
Art

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12 DECEMBER 2022 • By TMR
Art

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Museums in Exile—MO.CO’s show for Chile, Sarajevo & Palestine
Art

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12 DECEMBER 2022 • By Nora Ounnas Leroy
Where is the Palestinian National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art?
Columns

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Sudden Journeys: Israel’s Intimate Separations—Part 3
Book Reviews

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Fiction

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“Eleazar”—a short story by Karim Kattan
Columns

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Opinion

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Columns

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Interviews

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15 OCTOBER 2022 • By Nora Lester Murad
Interview with Ahed Tamimi, an Icon of the Palestinian Resistance
Essays

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Film Reviews

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Book Reviews

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A London Murder Mystery Leads to Jihadis and Syria
Columns

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26 SEPTEMBER 2022 • By Jenine Abboushi
Sudden Journeys: Israel’s Intimate Separations—Part 1
Columns

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Phoneless in Filthy Berlin
Film

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Mohammad Shawky Hassan’s Ode to Queer Love in Berlin
Art & Photography

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“Fatima and The Handsome Jew”—Ali Al-Muqri
Editorial

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Editorial: Is the World Driving Us Mad?
Film Reviews

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War and Trauma in Yemen: Asim Abdulaziz’s “1941”
Film

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Lebanon in a Loop: A Retrospective of “Waves ’98”
Art & Photography

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Featured Artist: Steve Sabella, Beyond Palestine
Essays

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Film

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Saeed Taji Farouky: “Strange Cities Are Familiar”
Fiction

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Opinion

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Palestinians and Israelis Will Commemorate the Nakba Together
Columns

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15 APRIL 2022 • By Wafa Shami
Green Almonds in Ramallah
Columns

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15 APRIL 2022 • By Layla Maghribi
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Film Reviews

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21 MARCH 2022 • By Jordan Elgrably
Palestine in Pieces: Hany Abu-Assad’s <em>Huda’s Salon</em>
Opinion

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21 MARCH 2022 • By Yossi Khen, Jeff Warner
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Columns

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24 FEBRUARY 2022 • By Jordan Elgrably
“There’s Nothing Worse Than War”
Book Reviews

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15 JANUARY 2022 • By Rana Asfour
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Fiction

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15 DECEMBER 2021 • By Nouha Homad
Three Levantine Tales
Essays

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6 DECEMBER 2021 • By Rana Haddad
Objective Brits, Subjective Syrians
Beirut

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29 NOVEMBER 2021 • By Jenine Abboushi
Sudden Journeys: The Villa Salameh Bequest
Book Reviews

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29 NOVEMBER 2021 • By Rana Asfour
From Jerusalem to a Kingdom by the Sea
Art

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19 NOVEMBER 2021 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
Etel Adnan’s Sun and Sea: In Remembrance
Book Reviews

The Ignominy of Guantánamo: a History of Torture

8 NOVEMBER 2021 • By Marian Janssen
The Ignominy of Guantánamo: a History of Torture
Film Reviews

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1 NOVEMBER 2021 • By Jordan Elgrably
Victims of Discrimination Never Forget in <em>The Forgotten Ones</em>
Art

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15 OCTOBER 2021 • By Sarah Mirk
<em>Guantánamo</em>—The World’s Most Infamous Prison
Centerpiece

The Untold Story of Zakaria Zubeidi

15 OCTOBER 2021 • By Ramzy Baroud
The Untold Story of Zakaria Zubeidi
Film Reviews

Will Love Triumph in the Midst of Gaza’s 14-Year Siege?

11 OCTOBER 2021 • By Jordan Elgrably
Will Love Triumph in the Midst of Gaza’s 14-Year Siege?
Weekly

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29 AUGUST 2021 • By khulud khamis
Palestinian Akram Musallam Writes of Loss and Memory
Latest Reviews

Puigaudeau & Sénones: a Graphic Novel on Mauritania Circa 1933

15 AUGUST 2021 • By Paraska Tolan-Szkilnik 
Puigaudeau & Sénones: a Graphic Novel on Mauritania Circa 1933
Memoir

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1 AUGUST 2021 • By Heba Hayek
“Guns and Figs” from Heba Hayek’s new Gaza book
Fiction

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14 JULY 2021 • By Selma Dabbagh
Gazan Skies, from the novel “Out of It”
Essays

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14 JULY 2021 • By Abdallah Salha
Gaza, You and Me
Book Reviews

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16 MAY 2021 • By Fouad Mami
Art

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14 MAY 2021 • By Farah Abdessamad
The Murals of Yemen’s Haifa Subay
Essays

From Damascus to Birmingham, a Selected Glossary

14 MAY 2021 • By Frances Zaid
From Damascus to Birmingham, a Selected Glossary
Essays

Is Tel Aviv’s Neve Tzedek, Too, Occupied Territory?

14 MAY 2021 • By Taylor Miller, TMR
Is Tel Aviv’s Neve Tzedek, Too, Occupied Territory?
Essays

Between Thorns and Thistles in Bil’in

14 MAY 2021 • By Francisco Letelier
Between Thorns and Thistles in Bil’in
Weekly

“I Advance in Defeat”, the Poems of Najwan Darwish

28 MARCH 2021 • By Patrick James Dunagan
“I Advance in Defeat”, the Poems of Najwan Darwish
TMR 7 • Truth?

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14 MARCH 2021 • By Gil Anidjar
Poetry Against the State
Poetry

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14 MARCH 2021 • By TMR
A visual poem from Hala Alyan: Gaza
Columns

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7 MARCH 2021 • By Farah Abdessamad
In Yemen, Women are the Heroes
TMR 6 • Revolutions

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14 FEBRUARY 2021 • By Mischa Geracoulis
The Revolution Sees its Shadow 10 Years Later
Book Reviews

The Howling of the Dog: Adania Shibli’s “Minor Detail”

30 DECEMBER 2020 • By Layla AlAmmar
The Howling of the Dog: Adania Shibli’s “Minor Detail”
TMR 4 • Small & Indie Presses

Children of the Ghetto, My Name Is Adam

14 DECEMBER 2020 • By Elias Khoury
Children of the Ghetto, My Name Is Adam
TMR 4 • Small & Indie Presses

Algiers, Algeria in the novel “Our Riches”

14 DECEMBER 2020 • By Kaouther Adimi
Algiers, Algeria in the novel “Our Riches”
Film

Threading the Needle: Najwa Najjar’s “Between Heaven and Earth”

14 DECEMBER 2020 • By Ammiel Alcalay
Threading the Needle: Najwa Najjar’s “Between Heaven and Earth”
Centerpiece

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15 NOVEMBER 2020 • By Raja Shehadeh
The Road to Jerusalem, Then and Now
World Picks

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19 OCTOBER 2020 • By Malu Halasa
New Art, Film, Fashion, Music & Palestine Writes
World Picks

Interlink Proposes 4 New Arab Novels

22 SEPTEMBER 2020 • By TMR
Interlink Proposes 4 New Arab Novels
Beirut

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15 SEPTEMBER 2020 • By Melissa Chemam
Wajdi Mouawad, Just the Playwright for Our Dystopian World
Art & Photography

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15 SEPTEMBER 2020 • By Melissa Chemam
Arts in the Pandemic Age

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