أمضى محمد فرج أعوامًا في رحلة بحث عن تفاصيل حياة دكتور طه محمود طه، مترجم جيمس جويس الأسطوري، كانت نتيجة البحث كتاب رائع، أشبه بتحقيق صحفي استقصائي مطول. صدر الكتاب مؤخرًا عن ديوان للنشر.
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📚 [TMR BOOK CLUB]
In April, we have the pleasure to welcome Mai Al-Nakib to discuss her short story collection “The Hidden Light of Objects”.
🗓️ Join us Sunday, April 26th at 1pm EST/19:00 CET online.
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So where does that leave identity? What does it mean to be Kurdish when the identity itself fractures the moment you try to define it?
🗓️ Submit by June 1.
🔗Send in your submissions via Duosuma: https://bit.ly/tmr-duosuma-submissions
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📰 [TMR WEEKLY]: Jim Quilty reports from Beirut, where a city already in collapse faces a growing displacement crisis; Alaa AlQaisi reflects on finding unexpected community in Berlin; and Mya Guarnieri explores "Apartheid to Democracy".
🔗 https://bit.ly/weekly-latest-articles
MEDITERRANEANS is intentionally plural, evoking, in our minds, the ancient and contemporary flow of people and civilizations that criss-cross the region.
🌊 TMR 59 • MEDITERRANEANS, May 1st.
What happens when five writers sit down to talk about the languages that raised them? 🎙️ Our Mother Tongue Roundtable with Lina Mounzer, Majd Aburrub, Amy Omar, Sarah Aziza and Leila Nadir is now free on YouTube.
🔗 Don’t miss it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rbwUX4ko_I&t=243s
In the wake of genocide, Sarah Aziza loses her words—until she finds her way in another tongue.
🔗 Read her full essay: https://bit.ly/ojala-toward-an-illiteracy-of-liberation
#TheMarkazReview #TMR58MotherTongue #MotherTongue #SarahAziza #Bookstagram #Literature #Essay #BookLovers
In April, we’re reading The Hidden Light of Objects by Mai Al-Nakib. Join Rana Asfour and Mai Al-Nakib to discuss our latest read.
🗓️ Join us Sunday, April 26th at 1pm EST/19:00 CET online.
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In her poem “Urdu” for TMR 58 • MOTHER TONGUE, Namal Siddiqui, expresses her love of her mother's mother tongue by way of listening to another mother and daughter.
🔗 Discover her poem: https://bit.ly/urdu-a-poem-language-as-heirloom
#NamalSiddiqui #MotherTongue #ArabWriters #DiasporaLit #Poetry
TMR asks writers and artists where and what they create in this time of violence. Amal Ghandour takes the measure of Israel’s assaults on Lebanon; Darío Karim Pomar Azar reflects on Lana Daher’s Do You Love Me and the rhythms of collective memory.
🔗 https://bit.ly/weekly-latest-articles
In our latest issue, TMR Literary Editor Abdelrahman Elgendy speaks with Lebanese poet Zeina Hashem Beck about the tension between Arabic and English, grief and joy, and the inheritance of our mother tongues.
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Join TMR editors Lina Mounzer, Lara Vergnaud, Abdelrahman Elgendy, and Saleem Haddad for a thought‑provoking roundtable on Mother Tongue.
🗓️ Thursday, April 16th, 2026 • 1pm EDT/ 6pm UK/ 7pm CET
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In her poems, Hajer Requiq explores the generational trauma experienced by immigrants and war refugees of Arab heritage, while also emphasizing hope and healing.
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📚 [TMR BOOK CLUB]
We’re reading The Hidden Light of Objects by Mai Al Nakib and we’re delighted to let you know that she will attend our discussion.
🗓️ Join us Sunday, April 26th at 1pm EST/19:00 CET online.
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For years, The Markaz Review has been that space. A home where SWANA writers and artists are producers, not just subjects of news headlines.
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Stricken by mysterious numbness on a trip to her homeland, Amy Omar wonders: could an attempt at establishing an autonomous identity be the cause?
🔗 Discover the essay: https://bit.ly/culture-got-your-tongue
#AmyOmar #MotherTongue #ArabWriters #LanguageAndIdentity #DiasporaLit #LiteraryEssay
Jason Hickel questions U.S. support for Israel's genocidal crimes against the Palestinian people. Shahram Khosravi imagines Iran one year after the bombs have stopped falling. Ayça Çubukçu examines how Western civilizational supremacy is under threat.
🔗 https://bit.ly/weekly-latest-articles
In his latest interview for TMR 58 • Mother Tongue , TMR Editor-in-chief Jordan Elgrably asked a group of writers and artists how they negotiate identity between a mother tongue and other languages.
🔗 Read the full interview: bit.ly/three-artists-five-write...
في رواية «إنهم حقًا رجال شرفاء»، نكتشف الماضي الذي ينفتح مع حكي أم علياء عن حياتها وأسرتها، حيث نرى العلاقات بين الرجال والنساء، وتضامن النساء معًا، في رواية رائعة للكاتبة المصرية ابتسام شوقي.
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In her latest essay, Farah Ahamed reflects on how multiple languages in a family become a perfect conduit for grief and acceptance.
🔗 Read the full piece now: https://bit.ly/language-and-the-mother-eternal
#TheMarkazReview #TMR58 #MotherTongue #Bookstagram #Reading #LiteraryEssay #Grief
Looking for your next great read? Explore a curated collection of books that explore how our language shapes who we are and how we connect with the world.
🔗 Discover the book list now: https://bit.ly/the-mother-tongue-booklist
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يكتب أحمد جاد الكريم عن الوحدة والقلق المتصاعد لرجل يظن أنه سيعيش حياة هانئة أخيرًا، ثم يتفاجئ بأن كل شيء ينحدر إلى هوة غير متوقعة بلا أي سيطرة منه.
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#المركز_بالعربي #وحيد_على_حافة_الموت #أحمد_جاد_الكريم #قصة_قصيرة
📰 [TMR WEEKLY]: Amal Ghandour reflects on how no one in Lebanon is ever truly out of the fray. Lina Mounzer puts words to what so many in the diaspora carry in silence. Karim Goury reviews and interviews filmmaker Erige Sehiri.
🔗 https://bit.ly/weekly-latest-articles
For an Arab writer, English as a mother tongue can be a lonely place. Mai Al-Nakib's latest essay explores what it means to exist at the periphery of the literary establishment.
🔗 https://bit.ly/english-and-my-mothers-ghost
#MotherTongue #ArabWriters #DiasporaLit #LiteraryEssay
In her upcoming "Dear Souseh" column, Lina Mounzer puts words to what so many of us in the diaspora carry in silence. Out this Friday.
Got a question for Souseh? Write to dearsouseh@themarkaz.org and it may appear (anonymously) in a future column.
In her latest short story, Zeinab Ghassan Khaddour explores how a group of migrant Syrians find a temporary homeland in their diverse dialects, offering a poignant reflection on how language becomes the ultimate lifeline in the face of loss.
🔗 https://bit.ly/words-that-dont-sink-a-short-story
We had the pleasure of welcoming Katia Belkhodja for our second French Book Club of the year.
Interested in joining one of our Book Clubs — French or English? Become part of a wonderful community of readers: https://bit.ly/3EnDTNr
بين عالم سائقي الشاحنات وذكريات الطفولة، يسرد بلال حسني تفاصيل قصته القصيرة بخفة، حيث يمر كل شيء، مهما كان خطيرًا، بسلاسة وعادية مدهشتين.
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🗓️ NOTRE LECTURE DU MOIS DE MARS
Pour cette troisième lecture de l’année, nous discuterons du fabuleux roman “Le Bastion des larmes” d’Abdellah Taïa. Nous nous retrouverons le dimanche 12 avril à 18:00 CET / 12 EDT.
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📰 Eman Quotah explores "Paradiso 17". Nojang Khatami reflects on how collective creativity and memory endure even in the bleakest of circumstances. Anna Lekas Miller dives into Loubna Mrie's memoir of personal rebellion and political awakening.
🔗 https://bit.ly/weekly-latest-articles
