Join readers and writers on a literary journey through Morocco, from Tangiers to Essaouira, as author and guide Zein El-Amine talks about Mohamed Choukri’s "For Bread Alone", the work of Paul Bowles, and shares other literary lore along the route. > https://www.literaryodysseys.com/morocco

In this confessional of Israeli war crimes, the filmmakers grant the soldiers an anonymity that they have rejected on the battlefield. > Read Nicki Kattoura’s review: https://bit.ly/if-i-wasnt-there-someone-else-would-do-it #TMRWeekly #SWANAliterature #Naza #Film #FilmReview #Palestine #Gaza

Three American physicians volunteer at one of Gaza's last functioning hospitals—proof that showing up and doing the work can still be its own act of defiance. > Read Alex Demyanenko’s review: https://bit.ly/one-patient-at-a-time-a-review-of-american-doctor #TMRWeekly #Palestine #Gaza

An increasingly repressive Turkish government has impacted the cultural scene in ways that have reshaped artistic production itself. > Discover Naima Morelli’s latest feature: https://bit.ly/unstable-ground-istanbuls-changing-cultural-landscape #TMRWeekly #SWANAliterature #Turkey #Istanbul

Humour has always helped us laugh at the taboo, challenge power, and slip hard truths past the guards. Our upcoming issue, COMEDY, explores exactly that: Egyptian meme culture, Palestinian stand-up in a time of genocide, sharp interviews and hilarious fiction. TMR 62 • COMEDY • Out on November 6

TMR is now opening submissions for art and photography. Whether you are inspired by one of our submission calls, or you feel your art could find a home at TMR, we want to hear from you! 🔗 Submit your work: https://bit.ly/tmr-duosuma-submissions #CallForArt #CallForSubmissions #OpenSubmissions

Our upcoming issue, COMEDY, explores: Egyptian meme culture, Palestinian stand-up in a time of genocide, sharp interviews, hilarious fiction, and an exclusive new story by Rabih Alameddine. TMR 62 • COMEDY • Out on November 6. #Comedy #TheMarkazReview #RabihAlameddine #StandUpComedy #MemeCulture

Belal Fadl transforms the lives of Cairo's urban poor into an irreverent picaresque that tests the limits of literary translation. > Read Salma Harland's latest review: https://bit.ly/sorry-no-pharaohs-here-a-review-of-um-mimi #TMRWeekly #SWANAliterature #Translation #Egypt #Cairo #BookReview

Israel's strategy in Gaza and Lebanon’s south is less a new military design than an "old and improved" version of its national security concept. > Read Amal Ghandour’s latest column: https://bit.ly/a-sunday-walk-to-the-drums-of-war #TMRWeekly #SWANAliterature #Lebanon #Palestine #ThisArabLife

Tunis’ ancient citadel is threatened by climate change and incompetence, but could also offer solutions to hotter, wetter conditions. > Discover Iason Athanasiadis’ latest feature: https://bit.ly/tunisias-fading-medina-heritage-a-glimpse-of-our-future #TMRWeekly #TheMarkazReview #Tunisia #Tunis

For the first time, editors and publishers from across the SWANA region and its diasporas came together in Montpellier. We brought together writers, translators, editors, and publishers to ask a vital question: what could a stronger, more connected SWANA literary ecosystem look like?

Submit your work to The Markaz Review Literary Prizes before October 30, 2026. 🗓️ Deadline: October 30, 2026 🔗 Learn more and submit your work now: https://themarkaz.org/literaryprizes/ #SWANALiterature #LiteraryContest #ArabDiasporaWriters #EmergingWriters #IndependentLitMag

Among fossils, bones, and vanished species, a group of wardens discovers what the state failed to eradicate. > Discover an excerpt of “Pure Beast”, a work by Sema Kaygusuz, tr. by Nicholas Glastonbury: https://bit.ly/wardens-of-the-world-an-excerpt-from-pure-beast #Kurdish #SpeculativeFiction

عن ناعسة زوجة أيوب وتمثلاتها في التراث الشعبي المصري، تكتب مي المغربي مقالًا محرضًا على التأمل. يمكنكم قراءة المقال كاملًا من خلال الرابط التالي: https://themarkaz.org/ekhteraa/ #المركز_بالعربي #مي_المغربي #اختراع_ناعسة

Syrian Lebanese American poet Maya Salameh examines how war and militarization become embedded in the routines and infrastructures of everyday life. > Discover the poems: https://bit.ly/inhuman-resources-selected-poems #TMR61 #Anthropocene #SWANA #ArabLit #Literature #Poetry #Poems

A Sudanese novel by Hamed Al-Nazir (excerpt tr. by Rana Asfour) follows characters navigating love, loss, and identity in a country where memories are blurred by war. > Read the excerpt now: https://bit.ly/the-lemon-tree-family-an-excerpt #Anthropocene #HamedAl-Nazir #Fiction #Sudan #Translation

Natalie Boumatar is reading an excerpt of “Seven Plates”, a short story featured in our latest Fiction Desk. > Discover Natalia Boumatar’s latest fiction: https://bit.ly/seven-plates-a-short-story #TMRWeekly #TheMarkazReview #SWANAliterature #Fiction #ShortStory

In this first-place winner of the Azhar Short Story Prize, a woman cares for an elderly couple who, like her, live in the shadow of an uncertain return. > Discover Natalia Boumatar’s latest fiction: https://bit.ly/seven-plates-a-short-story #TMRWeekly #SWANAliterature #Fiction #ShortStory

In our latest Fiction Desk, Anas Tareef’s short story follows a woman returns to post-Assad Syria to discover whether the home she has carried with her still exists. > Read the full story now: https://bit.ly/remnants-a-short-story #SWANAliterature #Syria #ShortStory #Fiction #Reading

Ibtisam Azem, International Booker longlisted author, on writing through uncertainty, the limits of fiction, and the quiet of the page. > Ibtisam Azem in conversation with Saleem Haddad read now: https://bit.ly/seven-questions-with-ibtisam-azem #TMRWeekly #Palestine #IbtisamAzem

Anas Tareef, author of 'Remnants', reflects on his short story, the craft of writing, and the idea of return. > Anas Tareef in conversation with Saleem Haddad, read now: https://bit.ly/behind-the-story-anas-tareef-on-remnants #TMRWeekly #Syria #ShortStory #Fiction #AuthorInterview

In Ibtisam Azem's new novel, absurdity becomes the only way to explore the current Palestinian condition. > Discover Ilham Essalih’s latest review: https://bit.ly/every-grain-of-sand-has-gallows-a-review-of-the-sleep-thief #TMRWeekly #SWANAliterature #Fiction #BookReview #Bookstagram

Umniya Najaer moves between missiles and minerals, geological time and imagined futures, transforming the page into a site of planetary and bodily encounter. > Discover Umniya Najaer's poems: https://bit.ly/the-ossuary-of-evolving-forms-selected-poems #TMR61 #Anthropocene #Poetry #Poems

Meet the judges of The Markaz Literary Prizes ✒️ Submissions for fiction and creative nonfiction are open until Oct. 30: https://themarkaz.org/literaryprizes/ #TheMarkazPrize #MarkazLiteraryPrizes #SWANALiterature #LiteraryPrize

Our October pick is here, have you started it yet? 📚 > Sign up now: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/9TNlDG2aQli-qGf1dGdwDQ #TMRBookClub #Bookclub #TheMarkazReview #Bookstagram #ReadingCommunity #SWANAliterature

In this haunting work of speculative fiction by Balsam Karam, tr. by Saskia Vogel, a former greengrocer's quiet rituals are interrupted by a devastating act of state violence. > Discover the story now: https://bit.ly/event-horizon-an-excerpt #Anthropocene #SWANA #ArabLit #Literature #Fiction

كيف تعيش امرأة وحيدة آخر سنوات عقدها الخامس؟ لا تبحث هيڤا نبي عن إجابات لهذا السؤال، لكنها تصف بسلاسة وهدوء حياة مملة لا يبدو أنها ستصبح شيئًا غير ذلك. يمكنكم قراءة القصة كاملة من خلال الرابط التالي: https://themarkaz.org/adasayeaa/ #المركز_بالعربي #هيڤا_نبي #قصة_قصيرة

Monira Al Qadiri, a self-described “dystopian artist”, creates works that seek to tell stories about our modern condition from a future point of view. > Read Nour Annan's piece: https://bit.ly/monira-al-qadiris-relics-of-the-future #TMR61 #Anthropocene #SWANA #Art #DystopianArt #MoniraAlQadiri

In their latest unsettling work of speculative fiction, lisa minerva luxx asks: in a revolution that must never stop moving, what would make you turn back? > Read the story now: https://bit.ly/the-long-middle-a-short-story #TMR61 #Anthropocene #SWANA #Literature #SpeculativeFiction #ShortStory

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: https://themarkaz.org/literaryprizes/ #TheMarkazLiteraryPrizes #LiteraryPrize