The Markaz Review مجلة المركز
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🍉 TMR is a literary arts review on the countries of southwest Asia and North Africa (SWANA) and our communities in diaspora. linktr.ee/themarkazreview
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📝 [TMR WEEKLY] Today we’re highlighting our latest articles in TMR Weekly from Laëtitia Soula and Sama Hassan, translated by Rana Asfour (BOOKFABULOUS): - “‘Fragments from a Gaza Nightmare’—fiction from Sama Hassan” - Gaza-based writer, Sama Hassan, captures the intense and
![📝 [TMR WEEKLY]
Today we’re highlighting our latest articles in TMR Weekly from Laëtitia Soula and Sama Hassan, translated by Rana Asfour (<a href="/bookfabulous/">BOOKFABULOUS</a>):
- “‘Fragments from a Gaza Nightmare’—fiction from Sama Hassan” - Gaza-based writer, Sama Hassan, captures the intense and](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GWfIEc8XcAA03aN.png "The Markaz Review مجلة المركز (@themarkazreview) on Twitter photo 📝 [TMR WEEKLY]
Today we’re highlighting our latest articles in TMR Weekly from Laëtitia Soula and Sama Hassan, translated by Rana Asfour (<a href=\"/bookfabulous/\">BOOKFABULOUS</a>):
- “‘Fragments from a Gaza Nightmare’—fiction from Sama Hassan” - Gaza-based writer, Sama Hassan, captures the intense and")
![📣 [CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS]
The Markaz Review’s October issue, FROM HERE, ONE YEAR ON, is a reflection on a year of profound grief and newfound international radicalization.
For this issue, we’re interested in personal essays, analytical explorations, fictional stories, art,](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GWkMvx7XEAgreJd.jpg "The Markaz Review مجلة المركز (@themarkazreview) on Twitter photo 📣 [CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS]
The Markaz Review’s October issue, FROM HERE, ONE YEAR ON, is a reflection on a year of profound grief and newfound international radicalization.
For this issue, we’re interested in personal essays, analytical explorations, fictional stories, art,")
🎥 [ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION] Tune in now to hear perspectives on the art of translation, with all its challenges and rewards, from Lina Mounzer, @chip_rossetti, Nada Faris, Zia Ahmed and BOOKFABULOUS: youtu.be/UL4AvUvx9No #themarkazreview #tmr43 #roundtablediscussion
It was a pleasure and an honor being amongst this distinguished panel of translators moderated by the wonderful Lina Mounzer who masterfully orchestrated the discussion putting us all at ease!♥️
The new issue on GATEKEEPERS is live, from Joumana Haddad - جمانة حداد Omar ZahZah Stephen Rohde MaluHalasa Rana Asfour Elias Feroz Farah Ahamed 🍉 Nektaria Anastasiadou & Maha Al Aswad: themarkaz.org/category/tmr-4…
My essay in The Markaz Review مجلة المركز "Humor is a way of life in the region, a form of self-therapy and a foundational principle of storytelling. It is not only a hug from grandma, but the way that grandma herself speaks." themarkaz.org/who-decides-wh…
We are excited to offer a live stream of the opening ceremony for #PENInternational’s 90th Annual Congress in Oxford, featuring Adania Shibli’s keynote in partnership with English PEN. Join us virtually on 24th Sept, 19:30, where you’ll also hear from PEN International President
My essay in The Markaz Review مجلة المركز "Only by recognizing that different cultures have all sorts of stories, all sorts of ways of telling them, and different languages in which to do so, can we expand civilization." themarkaz.org/who-decides-wh…
Very grateful for the review of my book by Elias Feroz for The Markaz Review مجلة المركز. themarkaz.org/egypts-gatekee…
🗓️ [SAVE THE DATE] Join us on Sunday, September 29th at 1pm EST (6pm UK/ 7pm CET) for this month’s special online book club discussion of “Stories from the Center of the World: New Middle East Fiction” hosted by editor .Jordan Elgrably and TMR’s Literary Editor @halasamalu in
![🗓️ [SAVE THE DATE]
Join us on Sunday, September 29th at 1pm EST (6pm UK/ 7pm CET) for this month’s special online book club discussion of “Stories from the Center of the World: New Middle East Fiction” hosted by editor .<a href="/JordanElgrably/">Jordan Elgrably</a> and TMR’s Literary Editor @halasamalu in](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GXDItAzWoAAvwQt.jpg "The Markaz Review مجلة المركز (@themarkazreview) on Twitter photo 🗓️ [SAVE THE DATE]
Join us on Sunday, September 29th at 1pm EST (6pm UK/ 7pm CET) for this month’s special online book club discussion of “Stories from the Center of the World: New Middle East Fiction” hosted by editor .<a href=\"/JordanElgrably/\">Jordan Elgrably</a> and TMR’s Literary Editor @halasamalu in")
🎥 [TMR 44 • GATEKEEPERS] A documentary highlights Egyptian writer Mohammad Hafez Ragab, a key 1960s literary figure whose works have been overlooked. Read maha al aswad's centerpiece essay (trans. by BOOKFABULOUS): bit.ly/mohammad-hafez… #themarkazreview #tmr44 #gatekeepers
🎧 In the mood for a podcast? Check out this wonderful conversation with TMR Literary Editor MaluHalasa on the #StoryConversations podcast, hosted by Susan Griffin and Simon Arrowsmith: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s3-… #themarkazreview #podcast #interview
🗓️ [UPCOMING EVENT] TMR presents GATEKEEPERS: Arab Writers, Editors & Publishers Confront Mainstream Opposition, a roundtable with Palestinian authors/publishers/editors Michel Moushabeck and .@hmoushabeck, and author/publisher/editor Ammiel Alcalay. Joins us for this
![🗓️ [UPCOMING EVENT]
TMR presents GATEKEEPERS: Arab Writers, Editors & Publishers Confront Mainstream Opposition, a roundtable with Palestinian authors/publishers/editors Michel Moushabeck and .@hmoushabeck, and author/publisher/editor <a href="/AlcalayAmm76588/">Ammiel Alcalay</a>.
Joins us for this](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GXTHOnoWUAA4dl9.jpg "The Markaz Review مجلة المركز (@themarkazreview) on Twitter photo 🗓️ [UPCOMING EVENT]
TMR presents GATEKEEPERS: Arab Writers, Editors & Publishers Confront Mainstream Opposition, a roundtable with Palestinian authors/publishers/editors Michel Moushabeck and .@hmoushabeck, and author/publisher/editor <a href=\"/AlcalayAmm76588/\">Ammiel Alcalay</a>.
Joins us for this")