Despite enormous constraints — fifteen years of war, state repression, inadequate funds, and more — Kurdish female artists continue to create. > Read Matt Broomfield’s piece: https://bit.ly/womens-art-after-the-womens-war #TMR60 #TheMarkazReview #Kurdish #Kurdistan #SWANA #Literature #KurdishArt

قراءة مستفيضة لقصة من أدب الخيال العلمي الفلسطيني، نُشرت ضمن مجموعة قصصية شهيرة تستشرف المستقبل، يقدمها الناقد الليبي رواد الهاشمي. يمكنكم قراءة المقال كاملًا من خلال الرابط التالي: https://themarkaz.org/alwatanalraqami/ #المركز_بالعربي #الوطن_الرقمي

Sinan Antoon’s self-translated novel explores the different ways memory unfolds in exile but offers no closure. > Discover Saleem Haddad’s latest review: bit.ly/memory-and-forgetting-in-of-loss-and-lavender #TMRWeekly #TheMarkazReview #SWANAliterature #SinanAntoon #BookReview #Iraq

A new anthology series set in Saudi Arabia delves into the emotional journeys of figures often overlooked in daily life.  > Read Mira Minkara’s latest review: bit.ly/alkhallat-more-than-a-comedy-series #TMRWeekly #TheMarkazReview #SWANAliterature #Alkhallat+ #Film #SaudiArabi

A poetry collection by Birhan Keskin, a transformative Turkish voice, explores questions of gender, queer desire, memory, and belonging. > Read Efe Murad’s latest review: bit.ly/birhan-keskins-earthly-conditions-godless-sufism #TMRWeekly #TheMarkazReview #SWANAliterature #TurkishLiterature

From shared fruit to shared memory, Holly Mason Badra, a Kurdish American writer, traces how culture survives through ritual, kinship, and acts of gathering. > Read her essay now: https://bit.ly/ez-kurdim-meditations-on-ritual-gathering-and-being #Kurdish #SWANA #Literature #Kurdishwriter

The SWANA region has given the world some of its greatest writers. Now The Markaz Prize is here to discover the next generation 🗓️ Deadline: September 15, 2026 🔗 Learn more and submit your work now: https://themarkaz.org/literaryprizes/ #SWANALiterature #LiteraryContest #ArabDiasporaWriters

For one Kurdish scholar, the future of the Kurds depends on mother-tongue education, literacy, and whether digital tools support language revitalization rather than marginalization. > https://bit.ly/kurdish-language-at-a-crossroads-an-interview-with-jaffer-sheyholislami

أثناء الحرب الحالية في السودان، يطارد رجل جثة تُبعث من الموت، وقصةَ حب قديمة، تدور رواية "عائلة شجرة الليمون" حول الحرب وتأثيرها على التركيبة السكانية للسودان ومدنه. يمكنكم قراءة المقتطف كاملًا من خلال الرابط التالي: https://themarkaz.org/aelaetshagaret/

مقتطف من رواية عائلة شجرة الليمون لحامد الناظر

أثناء الحرب الحالية في السودان، يطارد رجل جثة تُبعث من الموت، وقصةَ حب قديمة، تدور رواية "عائلة شجرة الليمون" حول الحرب وتأثيرها على التركيبة السكانية للسودان ومدنه.

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We are delighted to share that this year, we have the distinct privilege of honoring not one, but four exceptional writers. Two laureates in each category will be recognized with awards that celebrate the depth, originality, and resonance of their work. Submit now: www.themarkaz.org/literaryprizes

The Metropolis Cinema in Beirut celebrates twenty years of showing indie cinema, surviving multiple crises. > Read Jim Quilty’s article: bit.ly/metropolis-cinema-celebrates-two-decades-in-beirut #TMRWeekly #TheMarkazReview #Beirut #Cinema #Lebanon #Lebanesefilm

The true "serpent" of the acclaimed novel “This is Where the Serpent Lives” by Daniyal Mueenuddin, set against the shifting social landscape of contemporary Pakistan, may be its unexamined biases. > Read Farah Ahamed’s latest review: bit.ly/the-real-serpent-in-daniyal-mueenuddins-novel

A writer responds to criticisms of her column, but stands her ground, "recklessly" simplifying a fraught discourse. > Read Amal Ghandour’s column right now: bit.ly/where-do-people-who-refuse-to-belong-belong #TMRWeekly #TheMarkazReview #SWANAliterature #ThisArabLife #AmalGhandour #Lebanon

A writer responds to criticisms of her column, but stands her ground, "recklessly" simplifying a fraught discourse. > Read Amal Ghandour’s column right now: bit.ly/where-do-people-who-refuse-to-belong-belong #TMRWeekly #TheMarkazReview #SWANAliterature #ThisArabLife #AmalGhandour #Lebanon

In this short story by Hoshang Waziri, written in Arabic and translated by Hassan Abdulrazzak, a murder during a raid on a Kurdish village is transformed into myth through the voices of seven children struggling to make sense of what they witnessed. > https://bit.ly/the-great-mothers-vigil-fiction

عن الغربة والأمومة، بين عكا وبرلين وأمستردام، بين الاشتياق إلى البلاد والتأقلم مع الأرض المنبسطة، «ضلت غريبة» هو أول كتب رشا حلوة الأدبية. يمكنكم قراءة المقتطف كاملًا من الرابط التالي: https://themarkaz.org/dalatgharebe/ #المركز_بالعربي #ضلت_غريبة #رشا_حلوة #خان_الجنوب

Join us on Sunday, July 26 at 1 pm EDT/19:00 CET to discuss "The Raven of Ruwi and Other Stories from Oman" with Rana Asfour, Hamoud Saud, and Zia Ahmed. > Sign up now: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/PDsqbH5EQcu4a1qnGjwxvw #TMRBookClub #Bookclub

عن مرونة أن يكون المرء كرديًا، واختلاف التعريف من وجهة نظر إلى أخرى، وفرادة الحالة الكردية، تكتب هيڤا نبي مقالًا شيقًا. يمكنكم قراءة المقال كاملًا من الرابط التالي: https://themarkaz.org/antakoonkurdyan/ #المركز_بالعربي #مقال #هيڤا_نبي

“Ungrounding: The Architecture of Genocide” by Eyal Weizman catalogues the architecture of Israeli military violence and displacement that have made Gaza unliveable. > Discover Selma Dabbagh’s latest review: https://bit.ly/ungrounding-a-history-of-genocide-written-into-the-soil #TMRWeekly #Gaza

At a family holiday, a father's death and the birth of a child collapse time and challenge faith in unexpected ways. > Read Nezar Andary’s short story now: https://bit.ly/yall-come-back-now-fiction #TMRWeekly #TheMarkazReview #SWANAliterature #NezarAndary #Fiction #ShortStory #Grief #Lebanon

Kali Rubaii explores how Iraqi farmers endure despite U.S. military intervention, as they repair their war-damaged homeland. > Discover Kali Rubaii and Nazli Tarzi’s conversation: https://bit.ly/tomorrow-is-better-than-today-survival-in-anbar #TMRWeekly #SWANAliterature #MilitaryViolence #Iraq

Zeynep Esmeray, a lifelong nomad and self-described "memory carrier", recounts her experiences as a trans Kurdish woman, and how the theatre found her. >Discover Zeynep Esmeray and Ali's conversation: https://bit.ly/memory-as-resistance-an-interview-with-zeynep-esmeray #TMR60 #Kurdish

Our vision in launching the TMR prizes is to discover and uplift exceptional writers from the SWANA region. > Submissions are now open: https://themarkaz.org/literaryprizes/ > DEADLINE: Midnight, Sept. 15, 2026. #TheMarkazReview #TheMarkazLiteraryPrizes #LiteraryPrize #Prize #SWANA #SWANALit

Zehra Doğan makes her paintings out of whatever is at hand — coffee, turmeric, cigarette ash, her own blood — blurring the line between the abject and the sublime. > https://bit.ly/zehra-dogan-kurdish-resistance-artist #TMR60 #TheMarkazReview #Kurdish #Kurdistan #SWANA #Literature #Art #ZehraDoğan

Join Lina Mounzer, TMR Editor-in-Chief, Aryan Omar Hassan, Hoshang Waziri, and Holly Mason Badra on Thursday, July 16, at 1 pm EDT / 6 pm UK / 7 pm CET. > https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_X91X3Xp3SE-ZneDBLiUgsQ This online event is free but advance registration is required.

Kurdish artists occupy a fascinating locus in global culture, because they are a people scattered across four countries and a large diaspora in Europe and North America. > Discover the article: https://bit.ly/the-markaz-review-tour-of-kurdish-artists-photographers #TMR60 #Kurdish #KurdishArtist

عن طارق وبورسعيد، المدينة التي شهدت التحولات الكبرى، والرجل الذي ظن نفسه منتصرًا على طول الطريق، لكنه يدرك الآن أن كل ما سبق كان خدعة. مقتطف من أحدث روايات دينا شحاته. يمكنكم قراءة المقتطف كاملًا من الرابط التالي: https://themarkaz.org/etkhdaana/ #المركز_بالعربي #دينا_شحاته #انخدعنا #رواية

Hanan Habashi, a Palestinian teacher remembers the sister who taught her the passive voice — and traces the violence of moving through the world as a well-structured argument. 🔗 Read it now: https://bit.ly/the-passive-voice-of-light-on-grief-and-imperial-grammar #TMRWeekly #TheMarkazReview

In her latest column, Amal Ghandour turns her keen eye to the almost absurd evolution of the framework hammered out between Lebanon and Israel. 🔗 Read it now: https://bit.ly/assailed-and-abandoned-in-the-levant #TMRWeekly #TheMarkazReview #SWANAliterature #ThisArabLife #MiddleEast #Lebanon

"The Impossible Return," a conversation between Tareq Baconi and Saleem Haddad, held at Casa Palestina in Lisbon, explores notions of historical erasure and state abandonment, but finds solace in the power of the pen. > https://bit.ly/the-impossible-return-a-conversation-with-tareq-baconi