The Markaz Review is @markaz-review.bsky.social (@themarkazreview) 's Twitter Profile
The Markaz Review is @markaz-review.bsky.social

@themarkazreview

🍉 Stories from the SWANA region & Arab diaspora
🗣️ Freedom | Identity | Resistance | Expression
📚 Fiction | Nonfiction | linktr.ee/themarkazreview

ID: 25359709

linkhttps://themarkaz.org/ calendar_today19-03-2009 18:51:23

11,11K Tweet

15,15K Followers

2,2K Following

The Markaz Review is @markaz-review.bsky.social (@themarkazreview) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🎨 [TMR 50 • RETURNING HOME] In “Neither Here Nor There,” artist Myriam Cohenca traces a fragmented lineage of exile, memory, and longing. 📝 Read her hybrid essay now: bit.ly/neither-here-n… #ReturningHome #TheMarkazReview #HomeAndExile #CulturalMemory #TMR50 #HybridEssay

The Markaz Review is @markaz-review.bsky.social (@themarkazreview) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🖼️ Opening tonight! Join us at 6:30pm for the launch of The Art of the Palestinian Poster at P21 Gallery — a powerful exhibition of political art & resistance, part of Shubbak. Curated by Malu Halasa (@halasamalu). 🎟️ Info: bit.ly/tmr-exhibition… #PalestinianArt

🖼️ Opening tonight! Join us at 6:30pm for the launch of The Art of the Palestinian Poster at <a href="/P21Gallery/">P21 Gallery</a> — a powerful exhibition of political art &amp; resistance, part of <a href="/shubbakfestival/">Shubbak</a>. Curated by Malu Halasa (@halasamalu).

🎟️ Info: bit.ly/tmr-exhibition…

#PalestinianArt
The Markaz Review is @markaz-review.bsky.social (@themarkazreview) 's Twitter Profile Photo

💭 [TMR 50 • RETURNING HOME] What happens when you return to a home that’s no longer yours? @abdohsalar reckons with legacy, war, and memory in post-revolution Tehran—where even the squash courts carry ghosts. 📖 Read now: bit.ly/leaving-abdoh-…

The Markaz Review is @markaz-review.bsky.social (@themarkazreview) 's Twitter Profile Photo

عن ذكريات الطفولة في حي عين شمس القاهري، يكتب كريم عبد الخالق قصة قصيرة بديعة، بأسوب تيار الوعي، عن الحياة البسيطة لكن الشيقة في ذلك الزمن القريب، وكيف تستقر شخصيات بعينها في الذاكرة، مرسومة بخطوط تكاد تكون غير مرئية. themarkaz.org/kaborirubi/

The Markaz Review is @markaz-review.bsky.social (@themarkazreview) 's Twitter Profile Photo

📝 Writers in London — join TMR’s free daylong workshop on May 31 at the Arab British Centre, part of Shubbak! Learn from our editors & sharpen your craft writing from the SWANA world & beyond. 🔗 Info: bit.ly/the-markaz-rev… #TMRWorkshop #SWANAlit

📝 Writers in London — join TMR’s free daylong workshop on May 31 at the <a href="/ArabBritishCent/">Arab British Centre</a>, part of <a href="/shubbakfestival/">Shubbak</a>! Learn from our editors &amp; sharpen your craft writing from the SWANA world &amp; beyond.

🔗 Info: bit.ly/the-markaz-rev…

#TMRWorkshop #SWANAlit
The Markaz Review is @markaz-review.bsky.social (@themarkazreview) 's Twitter Profile Photo

📝 [POETRY MARKAZ] Poet A. Van Jordan presents his latest hybrid work celebrating Black youth, and examines Black lives lost to police violence. 🔗 Discover his work in Poetry Markaz: bit.ly/a-van-jordan-p… #themarkazreview #poetrymarkaz #poetry #latestpoets

The Markaz Review is @markaz-review.bsky.social (@themarkazreview) 's Twitter Profile Photo

في زواج شبه ميت، وحماة مخرفة متنمرة، وزوج مستسلم لا مبالي، تعيش سهام أيامًا بائسة تمضي ببطء بالغ، ثم فجأة يظهر أمل يتمثل في غريب مجهول. «كغيمة مرت» قصة قصيرة جديدة للكاتب المصري أحمد الفخراني. يمكنكم قراءة القصة كاملة من خلال الرابط التالي: themarkaz.org/kaghaymamarat/

في زواج شبه ميت، وحماة مخرفة متنمرة، وزوج مستسلم لا مبالي، تعيش سهام أيامًا بائسة تمضي ببطء بالغ، ثم فجأة يظهر أمل يتمثل في غريب مجهول. «كغيمة مرت» قصة قصيرة جديدة للكاتب المصري أحمد الفخراني.

يمكنكم قراءة القصة كاملة من خلال الرابط التالي:
themarkaz.org/kaghaymamarat/
The Markaz Review is @markaz-review.bsky.social (@themarkazreview) 's Twitter Profile Photo

📖 In “Exile and Hope: Sudanese Creatives and the Question of Home,” Ati Metwaly follows Sudanese artists rebuilding life in Egypt while preserving heritage in exile. A powerful look at memory, war, and the meaning of home. 🔗 bit.ly/exile-and-hope… #TMR50 #ReturningHome

The Markaz Review is @markaz-review.bsky.social (@themarkazreview) 's Twitter Profile Photo

📸 A look back on the “Art of the Palestinian Poster” exhibition opening at P21 Gallery, curated by Malu Halasa as part of Shubbak Festival in London. Ongoing through June 14th, learn more: bit.ly/tmr-exhibition… #PalestinianPosterArt #ShubbakFestival #PalestinianArt

📸 A look back on the “Art of the Palestinian Poster” exhibition opening at P21 Gallery, curated by Malu Halasa as part of Shubbak Festival in London. 

Ongoing through June 14th, learn more: bit.ly/tmr-exhibition… 

#PalestinianPosterArt #ShubbakFestival #PalestinianArt
The Markaz Review is @markaz-review.bsky.social (@themarkazreview) 's Twitter Profile Photo

في رواية مالك رابح الأولى «بيت الولد»، يصور لنا شخصيته الرئيسية الحساسة للغاية؛ كيف يستعيد ذلك الشاب ذكريات صدمات الطفولة، وعلاقته بأفراد عائلته ووالدته على الأخص، فيتبين لنا رويدًا رويدًا كيف أثر كل هذا عليه. bit.ly/kaboriyarubi

The Markaz Review is @markaz-review.bsky.social (@themarkazreview) 's Twitter Profile Photo

❤️‍🩹 [TMR 50 • RETURNING HOME] In “A Letter to My Cruel Lover: Tripoli,” Lara Kassem pens a poignant ode to the city that shaped her. A love letter from exile, full of longing and memory. 📖 Read now: bit.ly/a-letter-to-my… #TMR50 #TripoliLebanon #LoveAndExile

The Markaz Review is @markaz-review.bsky.social (@themarkazreview) 's Twitter Profile Photo

📍 [TMR 50 • RETURNING HOME] What does it mean to belong in a place that sees you as a stranger? In “Strangers at Home,” Sophia Didinova follows young Palestinian citizens of Israel navigating identity, exclusion & love. 🔗 bit.ly/strangers-at-h… #TMR50 #PalestinianVoices

The Markaz Review is @markaz-review.bsky.social (@themarkazreview) 's Twitter Profile Photo

✍️ [TMR 50 • RETURNING HOME] Raha Nik-Andish returns to Iran after 14 years abroad, facing war, joblessness, and ailing parents. A moving essay on identity, family, and what it means to go back. 🔗 Read here: bit.ly/looking-for-a-… #TMR50 #IranianWriters

Trish Silkin (@silkintrish) 's Twitter Profile Photo

If you're in London do visit this fantastic exhibition of Palestinian posters at the P21 Gallery on Chorlton Street (almost next door to the British Library). Fascinating and heart-breaking.