Current read. Published early 2000s. Egyptian, translated. It was huge in the Arab publishing world when it came out.

All kinds of stuff re: class, colonialism, marriage, religion, who’s fuckin’ who.

Thankful for the glossary of names in the front.

#egyptianlit #booksky #arablit #swanalit

Meet Saleem Haddad, our new fiction editor and author of Guapa (2016) and floodlines (2026), a multigenerational tale of art, exile, memory, and the enduring legacies of war.

#TheMarkazReview #TMRteam #SaleemHaddad #SWANALit

📰 [TMR EDITORIAL TEAM]

Meet Abdelrahman ElGendy, our new literary editor and author of forthcoming Huna (Penguin Random House, Sept 2026), exploring dissent and erasure in post-revolution Egypt.​

#TheMarkazReview #TMRteam #AbdelrahmanElGendy #SWANALit

🍉 TMR 57 • PALESTINE is live!

🔗 Read the new issue now: https://bit.ly/tmr57-palestine

#TheMarkazReview #TMR57 #Palestine #SWANAlit #MiddleEastArts #NewIssue #Fiction #Essays #Poetry #Art

In our January issue, TMR 57 • PALESTINE, we ask: How do we bear witness without spectacle or amnesia?

🗣️ Featuring essays, art, interviews, and more. The issue drops on Friday, January 30th. Stay tuned.

#TheMarkazReview #TMR57Palestine #PalestinianLit #SWANAlit

📖 [TMR 56 NOIR]

10 Arab noir gems like "Vertigo," Makana series, Tunisian Tale, Akashic City Noirs. Shadowy worlds, crime, dread from SWANA voices.

🔗 Full list: https://bit.ly/10-noir-novels-to-kill-for

#TheMarkazReview #TMR56Noir #NoirFiction #SWANAlit

📊 In 2025, The Markaz Review published 260 writers from Southwest Asia and North Africa (SWANA) and its diasporas, passed 1,500 SWANA stories since 2020, welcomed 96 Arabic‑language contributors, and featured 50 artists. Here’s to more bold work in 2026. 🎊

#TheMarkazReview #YearInReview #SWANAlit

✍️ Featuring work by: Lina Mounzer (@warghetti.bsky.social), Hadani Ditmars, Aidan Simardone, Samir Kacimi, Aomar Boum, Elias Feroz, Hannah Kaviani, Naima Morelli and Amelia Izmanki.

#TMR51 #MezzeIssue #SWANAlit #ArabWriters #DiasporaStories #MiddleEastArt #themarkazreview #NewMonthlyIssue

The Markaz Review Workshop: Writing From the Center of the World Join TMR editors Jordan Elgrably, Rana Asfour, Malu Halasa for a writing workshop at the Arab British Centre on Saturday, May 31st from 10:30am to 5:30pm. This event is part of the 2025 Shubbak Festiv...

📝 Writers in London — join TMR’s free daylong workshop on May 31 at the Arab British Centre, part of Shubbak Festival! Learn from our editors & sharpen your craft writing from the SWANA world & beyond.

🔗 Info: bit.ly/the-markaz-r...

#TMRWorkshop #SWANAlit

📰 [TMR WEEKLY]

New in TMR Weekly: bit.ly/3O4lB9S

#TMRWeekly #PalestinianWomen #KamelDaoud #Contretemps #GhassanSalhab #LebanonProtests #ArabWriters #MiddleEastCinema #TheMarkazReview #SWANAlit #LiteraryControversy #CinemaOfResistance