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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.
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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.
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This taut short story by Majd Aburrub distills the notion of language as identity marker — and ever constant reminder of home — into a single name.
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The collective Sheeshaka, through hybrid writing, offers counter-narratives to dismantle the disaster narrative mapped onto Afghan lives.
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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.
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In anticipation of TMR 58 • MOTHER TONGUE, Armenian-American poet Shahé Mankerian’s new poem explores the painful self-silencing of a language.
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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.
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🍉 TMR 57 - PALESTINE: Sheryl Ono traces the roots of Jewish supremacy and its devastating culmination in Israel's actions in Gaza.
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🍉 TMR 57 - PALESTINE: Gabriel Polley reviews two new books of Palestinian writing that bear unflinching witness to life under occupation. 🔗 Read it now: bit.ly/in-two-new-books-palesti...
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Our second theme issue — MEDITERRANEANS — is intentionally plural. A plurality of places, in other words, a region teeming with histories of empire and trade, of migration and exile, but also, notably, a sea! 🔗 https://bit.ly/tmr-submissions
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🍉 TMR 57 - PALESTINE: In this essay, Raja Shehadeh asks the impossible question: How can Palestinians and Israelis live together? 🔗 bit.ly/how-can-palestinians-and...
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🍉 TMR 57 - PALESTINE: A mom from Bethlehem exposes how Israeli settlement plans encroach even on sacred ground. 🔗 https://bit.ly/not-even-the-dead-rest-in-palestine
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🍉 TMR 57 • PALESTINE: Discover a powerful lineup of stories illuminating Palestine through fiction, non-fiction, and young adult literature. 🔗 Explore the full list here: bit.ly/notable-and-forthcoming-books-centered-on-palestine.
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🍉 Esraa Abo Qamar’s moving Palestinian testimonial excerpt.
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🍉 TMR 57 • PALESTINE is live!
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From Noura’s Dream to Holy Spider, Incendies and more, these ten films “encapsulate the cinematographic experience of NOIR,” from classic noir to chilling psychological thriller.
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TMR 56 NOIR: Kurdish poet Bejan Matur on poetry's pull: “I know the poem is waiting for me somewhere.” Her words bridge oral tradition and turmoil's vortex.
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TMR 56 NOIR: In Damascus, Robert Bociaga on “Pharmakon State”: "What happens after the collapse, when even the ruin has stories to tell?" Trauma-forged art in Syria's ruins. 🔗
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📖 TMR 56 NOIR: Majd Aburrub’s “Tuesday” finds noir in the everyday—where love, loss, and resistance coexist in a single breath.
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TMR 56 NOIR: From Egypt's prisons, Rebecca Ruth Gould shares: "Words are dangerous, because they are vehicles of truth." Raw voices of defiance post-revolution.
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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.
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📖 TMR 56 NOIR: Stephen Rohde’s “White Collar Noir” reveals how John Roberts turned the Supreme Court into a cathedral of corruption. Power wears a judge’s robe.
🔗 bit.ly/white-collar-noir-how-john-roberts-corrupted-the-u-s-supreme-court
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TMR 56 NOIR: In Mohab Aref’s “A Never-Ending Day” (Tr. Lina Mounzer) small-time crook Magdy endures one brutal Cairo day when petty crime turns to unintended violence. https://bit.ly/a-never-ending-day-an-excerpt #TheMarkazReview
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📝 TMR 56 NOIR: Melis Aker’s essay drifts through Istanbul’s grayscale moods—finding beauty in the half-light between belonging and estrangement.
🔗 bit.ly/in-praise-of-half-light-notes-from-a-gray-city
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📰 TMR 56 NOIR: Saïd Khatibi’s The End of the Sahara: Murder in an Algerian town teetering on the edge of collapse, tr. Alexander E. Elinson. 🔗 bit.ly/it-was-just-an-accident-... #TheMarkazReview #TMR56Noir
Lina Mounzer reads "Dear Souseh," responding to anonymous war grief on Iran's women—broken but unbroken. Love, grief, genocide collide. Write in: dearsouseh@themarkaz.org
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📰 Mohammad Rabie, TMR Arabic Editor & novelist (Otared, IPAF shortlist). Swipe for highlights. #TheMarkazReview
