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Rana Asfour

@bookfabulous.bsky.social

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reads. writes. reviews. translates Managing Editor @ themarkaz.org

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Rana Asfour @bookfabulous.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

We’re all so excited this happening! We can’t wait to receive your stories!

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The Markaz Review مجلة المركز @markaz-review.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Our vision in launching the TMR prizes is to discover and uplift exceptional writers from the SWANA region. We seek to recognize and celebrate excellence in two distinct genres, the short story and the literary essay/creative nonfiction. >Submissions are now open: www.themarkaz.org/literaryprizes

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Rana Asfour @bookfabulous.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Proud & grateful to be a part of this amazing team 😎💕

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The Markaz Review مجلة المركز @markaz-review.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

📚 TMR Book Club w/ Rana Asfour discusses "My Friends" by Hisham Matar — Jan 25, 1pm EST online. Friendship, exile, resistance. 🔗 Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/yf… #TMRBookClub #TheMarkazReview

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Jay King @jay-king-art.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

I’ve read “Tale of a Wall”… his certainty that he would be in prison forever - I can’t imagine how this must feel…

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The Markaz Review مجلة المركز @markaz-review.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

📚 [TMR BOOK CLUB] Host Rana Asfour (@bookfabulous.bsky.social) welcomes you Sept. 28 for “Sand-Catcher” (@coffeehousepress.bsky.social) with author Omar Khalifah and translator Barbara Romaine joining us for the discussion! 🔗 RSVP: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #TMRBookClub #OnlineEvent

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The Markaz Review مجلة المركز @markaz-review.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

📖 [TMR 53 OUT OF OUR MINDS] Check out our list of 10 powerful books from The Markaz Review’s new issue—stories of survival, mental health, and resistance across continents. 🔗 See the list: bit.ly/10-books-for-... #TMR53 #BookList @bookfabulous.bsky.social

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The Markaz Review مجلة المركز @markaz-review.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

🗓️[UPCOMING EVENT] Join us on Sept. 28 at 1pm EST for #TMRBookClub! We’ll discuss “Sand-Catcher,” (@coffeehousepress.bsky.social) a moving fable of Palestinian memory. Author Omar Khalifah and translator Barbara Romaine join us. Hosted by @bookfabulous.bsky.social 🔗 us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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The Markaz Review مجلة المركز @markaz-review.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

🖋️ Featuring: @warghetti.bsky.social, @joelleabirached.bsky.social, @jordanelgrably.bsky.social, Sara Shamma, @bookfabulous.bsky.social, Malu Halasa, Mohammad Rabie, Real Bakhit, Dina Shehata, Safa Elnaili, Robert Bociaga, @aycacu.bsky.social, @michaelfakhri.bsky.social, and Farah Ahamed.

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The Markaz Review مجلة المركز @markaz-review.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

🤖 In our summer issue, @fadizaghmout.bsky.social’s "My Choices Are My Downfall" (tr. @bookfabulous.bsky.social) follows a woman, her robot, and one very bad morning in future Dubai. A fire breaks out—and it may not be the robot’s fault. 🔗Read: bit.ly/my-choices-ar... #TMR52 #FreedomToRead

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"My Choices Are My Downfall"—a short story by Fadi Zaghmout

What happens when a human-robot relationship forms? In near-future Dubai, an accident in a skyscraper holds the key to this question.

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The Markaz Review مجلة المركز @markaz-review.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

📚 [JUNE BOOK CLUB] Join us TODAY at 1pm EST to discuss Bothayna Al-Essa’s “The Book Censor’s Library,” a bold novel on censorship and free speech. Hosted by Rana Asfour (@bookfabulous.bsky.social) 👉 Register: us02web.zoom.us/meet... #TMRBookClub #BannedBooks #ArabicFiction

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The Markaz Review مجلة المركز @markaz-review.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

📚 Join us for TMR Book Club to discuss The Book Censor’s Library by Bothayna Al-Essa (trans. Hussain & Abdelrahman)—a gripping story of censorship & resistance. Hosted by Rana Asfour (@bookfabulous.bsky.social). 🗓 Sun, June 29 | 1pm EST 💻 Free & online: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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