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The Markaz Review مجلة المركز @markaz-review.bsky.social · 2h

Three poems by poet George Abraham explore grief and displacement through the entanglements of family and empire, human and animal, body and language. > Discover the poems now: bit.ly/poems-from-when-the-arab-apo… #TMR61 #Anthropocene #SWANA #ArabLit

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The Markaz Review مجلة المركز @markaz-review.bsky.social · 23h

Lara Sheehi talks about reclaiming the psyche as a site of struggle in her new book, “From the Clinic to the Streets.” > Discover Lara Sheehi in conversation with Sarah Aziza: bit.ly/psychic-militancy-a-conversation-with-lara-sheehi #TMRWeekly #SWANAliterature #Palestine #LaraSheehi

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The Markaz Review مجلة المركز @markaz-review.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

“We Call Her Emma” is a compelling introduction to a fascinating figure, but neither quite biography nor moral reckoning > Read Anas Tareef’s latest review: bit.ly/emmas-wickedness-a-review-of… #TMRWeekly #SWANAliterature #FilmReview #WeCallHerEmma #AsmaAlAssad

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The Markaz Review مجلة المركز @markaz-review.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Lara Sheehi talks about reclaiming the psyche as a site of struggle in her new book, “From the Clinic to the Streets.” > Discover Lara Sheehi in conversation with Sarah Aziza: bit.ly/psychic-militancy-and-revolutionary-futures-a-conversation-with-lara-sheehi #TMRWeekly #Palestine #LaraSheehi

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The Markaz Review مجلة المركز @markaz-review.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

“Exhibit G”, a new poetry collection, by Fady Joudah turns the archive from a repository of Palestinian loss into a site of intimacy, memory, and unfinished futures. > Discover Issam Zineh’s review: bit.ly/the-infrastructure-of-truth-a-conversation-with-assal-rad #TMRWeekly #SWANAliterature

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The Markaz Review مجلة المركز @markaz-review.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Nasser's body of work considers witnessing without testimony, the persistence of memory, and art’s possibilities in the face of loss. > Read the full conversation between Dala Nasser and Samira Makki now: bit.ly/what-the-stones-remember-a-c… #TMR61 #Anthropocene

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The Markaz Review مجلة المركز @markaz-review.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

We are delighted to announce the last judge of The Markaz Literary Prizes who will preside over the short story category: Rabih Alameddine ✒️ Submissions for fiction and creative nonfiction are open until Oct. 30: themarkaz.org/literaryprizes #TheMarkazLiteraryPrizes #LiteraryPrize

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The Markaz Review مجلة المركز @markaz-review.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

We are delighted to read Eman Quotah's "The Night Is Not For You". Join Rana Asfour and our fabulous reader community to discuss our monthly pick. 🗓️ Join us Sunday, October 25th at 1pm EST/18:00 CET online. > Sign up: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/9T…

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The Markaz Review مجلة المركز @markaz-review.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

تصارح إيناس أمها بميولها الجنسية، وعلى الرغم من رد الفعل المتوقع، تشعر بالإحباط بسبب ما حدث، لكنها تتفاعل مع الوضع الجديد بطريقة غير معتادة. يمكنكم قراءة القصة كاملة من خلال الرابط التالي: themarkaz.org/yabka #المركز_بالعربي #علي_جازو #مقال

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The Markaz Review مجلة المركز @markaz-review.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Cynthia Kreichati tries to think through the unthinkable as she considers the mechanics of Israel’s AI-powered assault on Lebanon. > Read the full essay now: bit.ly/hunter-trickster-gatherer #TMR61 #TheMarkazReview #Anthropocene #SWANA #ArabLit #Literature #Lebanon #Hunter

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The Markaz Review مجلة المركز @markaz-review.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

We invite you to an Open Bar public Meet-and-Greet on Saturday, 3 October 18:00 – 20:00 at the Gazette Café, 6 rue Levat, 34000 Montpellier. 🗓️ Saturday, 3 October | 18:00 – 20:00 | Gazette Café, Montpellier #Montpellier #LiteraryEvent #PublishingEvent #SWANAEditorsPublishersConference

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The Markaz Review مجلة المركز @markaz-review.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

For our next theme issue, MIS/TRANSLATION, we invite works in translation but also, especially, about translation. 🗓️ Submit by Nov 20. 🔗 Submit now: themarkaz.org/submissions #TheMarkazReview #TMR #CallForSubmissions

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The Markaz Review مجلة المركز @markaz-review.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Jiyar Jahan Fard's debut novel, "The Shadeless Border" (translated by Chiya Parvizpur), centers an oft-overlooked region between Iran and Iraq but is slowed by its didactic impulses. > Read Matt Broomfield’s review: bit.ly/the-shadeless-border-gives-voice-to-kurdish-borderlands #TMRWeekly

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The Markaz Review مجلة المركز @markaz-review.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Historian Assal Rad talks about the impetus and intended impact behind her new book, Don’t Say Palestine. > Discover Assal Rad in conversation with Lina Mounzer: bit.ly/the-infrastructure-of-truth-a-conversation-with-assal-rad #TMRWeekly #SWANAliterature #AssalRad #Interview #Palestine

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The Markaz Review مجلة المركز @markaz-review.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

There is little respite in the modern-day bloodletting that encompasses the globe, and yet we must fight on. > Read Amal Ghandour’s latest “This Arab Life” column: bit.ly/interesting-times-we-are-well-beyond-them-now #TMRWeekly #TheMarkazReview #SWANAliterature #ThisArabLife #Column

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The Markaz Review مجلة المركز @markaz-review.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

For the first time, literary editors and publishers from across the SWANA region and its global diasporas will gather under one roof for the inaugural SWANA Editors & Publishers Conference: A Literary Consortium. #SWANA #SWANALiterature #SWANAPublishing #LiteraryPublishing #IndependentPublishing

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The Markaz Review مجلة المركز @markaz-review.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

We are delighted to announce that Malu Halasa is joining The Markaz Literary Prizes to preside over the literary essay/creative nonfiction category. Submissions for fiction and creative nonfiction are open until Oct. 30: themarkaz.org/literaryprizes #TheMarkazLiteraryPrizes

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The Markaz Review مجلة المركز @markaz-review.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

An exhibition featuring Palestinian artists reimagining weeds highlights the problematic symbolism of resilience in times of genocide. Read Silvia Hassouna's essay now: bit.ly/weeds-of-the-anthropocene-a-… #TMR61 #TheMarkazReview #Anthropocene #SWANA

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The Markaz Review مجلة المركز @markaz-review.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

يكتب علي جازو عن مفهوم الرواية، ويعيد النظر إلى ما تتميز به من تماسك وانضابط، ويناقش إن كان كمال الرواية يؤثر على إبداع كاتبها. يمكنكم قراءة المقال كاملًا من خلال الرابط التالي: themarkaz.org/alriwaya #المركز_بالعربي #علي_جازو #مقال

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The Markaz Review مجلة المركز @markaz-review.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Haunted by the photograph of a Barbary lion, noam keim searches Morocco and France for the landscapes, histories, and memories that might make a home. > Read the full essay now: bit.ly/the-last-barbary-lion #TMR61 #Anthropocene #SWANA #ArabLit #Literature #Morocco #MoroccanLit

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The Markaz Review مجلة المركز @markaz-review.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

In this short story set amid the U.S. bombing of Iran, our narrator worries about his elderly parents, his overweight cat, and a long-awaited delivery. > Read Shahab Eddin Pakbeen's (latest piece: bit.ly/please-wait-a-short-story #SWANAliterature #TheFictionDesk

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The Markaz Review مجلة المركز @markaz-review.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

In this short story, a man returns to his hometown and must negotiate his relationship with faith, community, and a woman from his past. > Discover Barâa Arar’s latest story: bit.ly/the-dentists-son-a-short-story #TMRWeekly #TheMarkazReview #SWANAliterature #ShortStory #TheFictionDesk #Fiction

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The Markaz Review مجلة المركز @markaz-review.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Palestinian novelist and poet Karim Kattan reflects on the problems, pleasures, and peculiarities of writing fiction today. > Seven Questions with Karim Kattan by Saleem Haddad: bit.ly/seven-questions-with-karim-kattan #TMRWeekly #TheMarkazReview #SWANAliterature #TheFictionDesk

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The Markaz Review مجلة المركز @markaz-review.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Shahab Eddin Pakbeen answered a couple of questions about his latest short story, “Please Wait.” > Read Shahab Eddin Pakbeen's latest piece: bit.ly/please-wait-a-short-story #TMRWeekly #TheMarkazReview #SWANAliterature #TheFictionDesk #ShortStory #Iran #Farsi

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The Markaz Review مجلة المركز @markaz-review.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

As part of The Fiction Desk, TMR Fiction Editor Saleem Haddad interviews Barâa Arar about her latest short story, "The Dentist's Son." > Discover Barâa Arar’s interview: bit.ly/the-dentists-son-a-short-story #TMRWeekly #TheMarkazReview #SWANAliterature #ShortStory #TheFictionDesk #Fiction

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The Markaz Review مجلة المركز @markaz-review.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

For the first edition of The Fiction Desk, Barâa Arar offers us a reading of her latest short story, “The Dentist’s Son.” > Discover Barâa Arar’s latest story: bit.ly/the-dentists-son-a-short-story #TMRWeekly #TheMarkazReview #SWANAliterature #ShortStory #TheFictionDesk

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The Markaz Review مجلة المركز @markaz-review.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

In Aqaba, a phosphate worker and his daughter return to the reef where he taught her to swim, confronting what it means to love a place while participating in its destruction. Read Nour Shtayyeh's short story now: bit.ly/the-belt-starter-a-short-sto… #SWANA #ShortStory #WaterEcology

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The Markaz Review مجلة المركز @markaz-review.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

We are delighted to announce that Azadeh Moaveni is joining The Markaz Literary Prizes to preside over the literary essay/creative nonfiction category. Submissions are open until Oct. 30: themarkaz.org/literaryprizes #TheMarkazReview #TheMarkazLiteraryPrizes #LiteraryPrize

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The Markaz Review مجلة المركز @markaz-review.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

For our September Book Club, we are thrilled to read Saleem Haddad's latest book, "Floodlines". 🗓️ Join us Sunday, September 27th at 1pm EST/19:00 CET online. > Sign up now: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/IS… #TMRBookClub #Bookclub #TheMarkazReview

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The Markaz Review مجلة المركز @markaz-review.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

صوت كريمة أحداد العالي، من أين جاء، ولماذا استمر؟ وكيف احتفظت في داخلها بكل أولئك الصاخبات. يمكنكم قراءة المقال كاملًا من خلال الرابط التالي: themarkaz.org/alsawtalali #المركز_بالعربي #كريمة_أحداد #مقال

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The Markaz Review مجلة المركز @markaz-review.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Our September pick is here, have you read it yet? 📚 We are thrilled to read Saleem Haddad's latest book, "Floodlines". Join Rana Asfour and Saleem Haddad to discuss our monthly pick. > us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/IS…

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The Markaz Review مجلة المركز @markaz-review.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Sherena Razek looks to the land for another way of understanding the Anthropocene and finds in Palestine's elements an intifada of their own. Read her latest essay now: bit.ly/elemental-intifada-how-pales… #TMR61 #Anthropocene #SWANA #Palestine #Intifada

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The Markaz Review مجلة المركز @markaz-review.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

"Huna: A Memoir of Revolution, Prison, and Becoming" by Abdelrahman ElGendy resists the usual expectations of the genre and asserts itself as essential reading in Egypt's post-revolutionary history. > Discover Yasmine El Rashidi’s latest review: bit.ly/becoming-free-behind-bars-a-review-of-huna

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The Markaz Review مجلة المركز @markaz-review.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Old tensions with a contemporary ring continue to illuminate Israel’s profound crisis as it approaches its seventy-ninth birthday. > Discover Amal Ghandour’s latest column now: bit.ly/better-baruch-spinoza-than-meir-kahane #TMRWeekly #TheMarkazReview #SWANAliterature #ThisArabLife #Palestine

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The Markaz Review مجلة المركز @markaz-review.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The countless unanswered questions about what exactly happened on September 11, 2001 remain the greatest evidence of its instrumentalization. > Read Ammiel Alcalay's latest piece: bit.ly/failures-of-the-imagination-twenty-five-years-after-9-11 #TMRWeekly #TheMarkazReview #SWANAliterature

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The Markaz Review مجلة المركز @markaz-review.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Join Abdelrahman ElGendy, TMR Literary Editor, lisa minerva luxx, George Abraham and Cynthia Kreichati on Thursday, September 17, at 1 pm EDT / 6 pm UK / 7 pm CET for a deep-dive roundtable. > Sign up now: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN…

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The Markaz Review مجلة المركز @markaz-review.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

We are delighted to announce that Dima Alzayat is joining The Markaz Literary Prizes to preside over the short story category. Submissions for fiction and creative nonfiction are open until Oct. 30: themarkaz.org/literaryprizes #TheMarkazReview #TheMarkazLiteraryPrizes

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The Markaz Review مجلة المركز @markaz-review.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

In our latest editorial, TMR’s Literary Editor, Abdelrahman ElGendy, reflects on what created the Anthropocene—capitalism, colonialism, ecocide—and the possibility of undoing it. Read the full editorial now: bit.ly/why-anthropocene #TMR61 #TheMarkazReview #Anthropocene #SWANA

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The Markaz Review مجلة المركز @markaz-review.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

من عالم نورهان أبو عوف الواسع، خمس قصائد عن ما رأته في فترات مختلفة من حياتها. يمكنكم قراءة القصائد كاملة من خلال الرابط التالي: themarkaz.org/norhan #المركز_بالعربي #نورهان_أبو_عوف #شعر

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The Markaz Review مجلة المركز @markaz-review.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

We’ve been meeting on the last Sunday of each month for a couple of years now, and it’s always a delight to welcome new faces and hear everyone’s thoughts on our monthly read 📚 Our online book clubs are free but advance registration is required: themarkaz.org/book-club #TMRBookClub

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The Markaz Review مجلة المركز @markaz-review.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

We’re delighted to announce that Cosac has released the first Portuguese translation of "Stories from the Center of the World: New Middle East Fiction" 📚 ✒️ Purchase a copy now: cosacedicoes.com.br/products/histor… #SWANA #literature #Portuguese #Anthology #MiddleEast

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The Markaz Review مجلة المركز @markaz-review.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

We are delighted to announce that Leila Aboulela will preside over the short story category of The Markaz Literary Prizes! Submissions for fiction and creative nonfiction are open until Oct. 30, link in bio. #TheMarkazReview #TheMarkazLiteraryPrizes #LiteraryPrize #SWANA #SWANALit #LeilaAboulela

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The Markaz Review مجلة المركز @markaz-review.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

For our September Book Club, we are thrilled to read "Floodlines". Join Rana Asfour, Saleem Haddad and our reader community to discuss our monthly pick. 🗓️ Join us Sunday, September 27th at 1pm EST/19:00 CET online. us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/IS…

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The Markaz Review مجلة المركز @markaz-review.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

يتجول بلال حسني في مصنع مهجور ويقابل عمال بناء وكلبًا أزرق، وعلى الرغم من أن كل شيء حقيقي إلا أنه يبدو خياليًا تمامًا. يمكنكم قراءة المقتطف كاملًا من خلال الرابط التالي: themarkaz.org/kaakat #المركز_بالعربي #كعكة_الحمار_الوحشي #بلال_حسني #الكتب_خان

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The Markaz Review مجلة المركز @markaz-review.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Last month, we hosted an amazing roundtable with Aryan Omar Hassan (founder of Henar Press), Holly Mason Badra, Hoshang Waziri, and TMR editor-in-chief Lina Mounzer. Missed the conversation? You can now watch the full replay: youtu.be/6LJffB76Vw4?si=5AaGx7bYP0N…

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The Markaz Review مجلة المركز @markaz-review.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

How histories of extraction sediment within language itself? TMR Literary Editor, Abdelrahman ElGendy, introduces our upcoming issue, TMR 61 • ANTHROPOCENE. 🗓️ TMR 61 • ANTHROPOCENE, out on September 4th. #TheMarkazReview #TMR61 #Anthropocene #SWANAlit #ReadingCommunity

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The Markaz Review مجلة المركز @markaz-review.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Meet our first judge: Omar El Akkad will preside over the literary essay / creative nonfiction category of The Markaz Literary Prizes! Submissions for fiction and creative nonfiction are open until Oct. 30: www.themarkaz.org/literaryprizes #TheMarkazReview #TheMarkazLiteraryPrizes #LiteraryPrize

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The Markaz Review مجلة المركز @markaz-review.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

هل يؤثر الأهل والسكان المحليون الذين لا يستطيعون التعامل مع التغيير علينا؟ لؤلؤة سوداء هي أولى قصص عبد الرحمن أحمد في المركز بالعربي. يمكنكم قراءة القصة كاملة من خلال الرابط التالي: themarkaz.org/loloasawdaa #المركز_بالعربي #لؤلؤة_سوداء #عبدالرحمن_أحمد #قصة_قصيرة

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The Markaz Review مجلة المركز @markaz-review.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

The Anthropocene is the name given to an epoch where human activity has irreversibly altered the conditions of life on earth: sea swallowing coastlines, forests burning beside high-rises, disappearing species while billionaires dream of colonies on Mars. TMR 61 • ANTHROPOCENE drops on Sept 4th.

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