In June, we are delighted to welcome Taleb Alrefai and Kay Heikkinen to discuss “The Gates of Paradise”. Join us to discuss our latest pick.
🗓️ Join us Sunday, June 28th at 1pm EST/19:00 CET online.
🔗 https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/ddwI2u9nQ7aYq4Pc9wmgUA
In June, we are delighted to welcome translatorKay Heikkinen to discuss “The Gates of Paradise”.
🗓️ Join us Sunday, June 28th at 1pm EST/19:00 CET online.
🔗 https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/ddwI2u9nQ7aYq4Pc9wmgUA
To read the Mediterranean is to encounter it anew each time — a sea of stories, always in motion. Dive into our Mediterraneans book list, curated by TMR Executive Editor Rana Asfour, and find your next favorite read.
🔗 https://bit.ly/the-mediterranean-in-book
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In our latest interview, TMR Literary Editor Abdelrahman ElGendy speaks with Egyptian author Shady Lewis about translation, borders, bureaucracy, political commitment, and the uneasy ethics of literary awards.
🔗 https://bit.ly/border-as-fiction-a-conversation-with-shady-lewis
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Dive into an excerpt of Emanuela Anechoum’s latest novel, "Tangerinn", set in a crowded bar on the Calabrian coast, where love and shame grow side by side as a child learns what it means to belong.
🔗 Read the excerpt: https://bit.ly/tangerinn-an-excerpt
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“We carried the sea in our spine,” writes Nathalie Handal, in these evocative poems from her forthcoming poetry collection.
🔗 Dive into her poems: https://bit.ly/three-poems-from-roma-roam-by-nathalie-handal
#TheMarkazReview #TMR59 #Mediterraneans #Poetry #Poetrycollection #NathalieHandal
What does it mean for narrative structure to decenter the Anthropos? What happens when a sentence refuses colonial conquest, when a line break invokes occupation, exploited labor, or food sovereignty?
🗓️ Submit by August 1: https://themarkaz.org/submissions/
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What does it feel like to take your diaspora child to the motherland for the first time? In this memoir comic, Malaka Gharib reflects on the full-circle moment that brought her back to her own childhood.
🔗 Read her full comic: https://ow.ly/1BoK50Zb1F6
#TMRWeekly #Comic #MalakaGharib
In her latest This Arab Life column, Amal Ghandourreflects on a graduate party as either a reflection of a nation’s avoidance of responsibility or merely a short-lived chance to pretend that all is well.
🔗 Read her column: https://bit.ly/the-meaning-of-a-party-in-the-midst-of-war
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Dhifi, an artist who embraces imperfection and chance, talks about his latest concept, an inverted Mediterranean with Naima Morelli.
🔗 Read the interview: https://bit.ly/artist-kais-dhifi-on-the-mediterranean-as-an-island
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