Don’t Miss: ‘Translating Palestine’
2022-10-18
Writers, translators and editors celebrate new writing from Palestine.Continue Reading
AGYA Salon with Maha Hassan − War, Writing, and Freedom
2022-09-03
The new event series ‘AGYA Literary Salon’ hosts both established and emerging Arab and German authors to discuss their literary careers, visions, and latest works. The Salon especially aims to introduce new literary talents and unknown texts to the public, presenting new thoughts, expressing human values, and providing a sourceContinue Reading
AGYA Salon with Muhsin al-Ramli − Iraq, Dreams, and Expression
2022-09-03
The new event series ‘AGYA Literary Salon’ hosts both established and emerging Arab and German authors to discuss their literary careers, visions, and latest works. The Salon especially aims to introduce new literary talents and unknown texts to the public, presenting new thoughts, expressing human values, and providing a sourceContinue Reading
The Markaz Review BookGroup: Mai Al-Nakib’s ‘An Unlasting Home’
2022-08-12
When you live in a conservative society, you run the risk of censure. How far should a philosophy professor stick her neck out to make a point? Would you put it all on the line in the pursuit of truth or justice, or whatever informs your intent? An Unlasting Home, by award-winningContinue Reading
The Markaz Review BookGroup: Ali Al-Muqri’s ‘The Handsome Jew’
2022-08-12
The Handsome Jew is a challenging and provocative novel that urges/ invites Muslims and Jews to contemplate themselves and the way they see the other through a doomed love story. This powerful novel tells the tragic saga of two lovers, Salem, a Jew, and Fatima, a Muslim, who fall inContinue Reading
The Markaz Review: Novelist Rabih Alameddine in conversation with Dima Alzayat
2022-04-14
Rabih Alameddine, winner of the 2022 PEN/Faulkner Award for his latest novel, The Wrong End of the Telescope, will be in conversation with short story author Dima Alzayat (Alligator & Other Stories) for The Markaz Review, on Friday, May 6, 2 pm ET (19:00 UK). Zoom participants will be ableContinue Reading
The Englishing of Hisham Bustani’s ‘Monotonous Chaos’
2022-04-14
Author Hisham Bustani, translator maia tabet, publisher Michael B. Tager, and scholar Pete Moore talk translation, its politics, and more.Continue Reading
Adabiyat Book Club: Maha Gargash’s ‘That Other Me’
2022-03-21
Join Adabiyat’s May 2022 virtual book club! They will be discussing Emirati author Maha Gargash’s novel ‘That Other Me’ on May 15 at 12 pm EST.Continue Reading
MENAWA Reading Group: ‘Passage to the Plaza’ by Sahar Khalifeh
2022-03-16
Join MENAWAPoco’s May 2022 virtual book discussion, of Sahar Khalifeh’s ‘Passage to the Plaza’ (tr. Sawad Hussain) at 5pm UK time.Continue Reading
