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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

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October 30, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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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

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October 30, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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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

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October 23, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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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

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October 23, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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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/

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October 21, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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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

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October 16, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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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

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October 16, 2026 at 7:01 PM
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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

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October 16, 2026 at 6:00 PM
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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

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October 16, 2026 at 12:01 PM
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Meet the judges of The Markaz Literary Prizes ✒️

Submissions for fiction and creative nonfiction are open until Oct. 30: https://themarkaz.org/literaryprizes/

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October 14, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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Our October pick is here, have you started it yet? 📚

> Sign up now: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/9TNlDG2aQli-qGf1dGdwDQ

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October 13, 2026 at 3:01 PM
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Author Karim Kattan weaves Palestinian folklore, mythology, and queer desire into a powerful reimagining of love and liberation.

> Read Gaar Adams’ latest review: https://bit.ly/the-possibility-of-paradise-in-eden-at-dawn

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October 9, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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Youssef Rakha's novel asks big existential questions like “What should contemporary Islam look like?” but offers no easy answers.

> Discover Nour Eldin H’s latest review: https://bit.ly/postmuslim-in-search-of-a-muslim-modernity

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October 9, 2026 at 3:01 PM
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“We Call Her Emma” is a compelling introduction to a fascinating figure, but neither quite biography nor moral reckoning

> Read Anas Tareef’s latest review: https://bit.ly/emmas-wickedness-a-review-of-we-call-her-emma

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October 2, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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Lara Sheehi talks about reclaiming the psyche as a site of struggle in her new book, “From the Clinic to the Streets.”

> Discover Lara Sheehi in conversation with Sarah Aziza: bit.ly/psychic-militancy-a-conversation-with-lara-sheehi

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October 2, 2026 at 6:01 PM
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“Exhibit G”, a new poetry collection, by Fady Joudah turns the archive from a repository of Palestinian loss into a site of intimacy, memory, and unfinished futures.

> Discover Issam Zineh’s review: bit.ly/the-infrastructure-of-truth-a-conversation-with-assal-rad

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October 2, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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Historian Assal Rad talks about the impetus and intended impact behind her new book, Don’t Say Palestine.

> Discover Assal Rad in conversation with Lina Mounzer: bit.ly/the-infrastructure-of-truth-a-conversation-with-assal-rad

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September 25, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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There is little respite in the modern-day bloodletting that encompasses the globe, and yet we must fight on.

> Read Amal Ghandour’s latest “This Arab Life” column: bit.ly/interesting-times-we-are-well-beyond-them-now

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September 25, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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For the first time, literary editors and publishers from across the SWANA region and its global diasporas will gather under one roof for the inaugural SWANA Editors & Publishers Conference: A Literary Consortium.

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September 24, 2026 at 3:01 PM
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Palestinian novelist and poet Karim Kattan reflects on the problems, pleasures, and peculiarities of writing fiction today.

> Seven Questions with Karim Kattan by Saleem Haddad: bit.ly/seven-questions-with-karim-kattan

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September 18, 2026 at 4:45 PM
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In this short story, a man returns to his hometown and must negotiate his relationship with faith, community, and a woman from his past.

> Discover Barâa Arar’s latest story: bit.ly/the-dentists-son-a-short-story

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September 18, 2026 at 6:01 PM
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Shahab Eddin Pakbeen answered a couple of questions about his latest short story, “Please Wait.”

> Read Shahab Eddin Pakbeen's latest piece: https://bit.ly/please-wait-a-short-story

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September 18, 2026 at 3:01 PM
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As part of The Fiction Desk, TMR Fiction Editor Saleem Haddad interviews Barâa Arar about her latest short story, "The Dentist's Son."

> Discover Barâa Arar’s interview: bit.ly/the-dentists-son-a-short-story

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September 18, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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In this short story set amid the U.S. bombing of Iran, our narrator worries about his elderly parents, his overweight cat, and a long-awaited delivery.

> Read Shahab Eddin Pakbeen's (latest piece: https://bit.ly/please-wait-a-short-story

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September 18, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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For the first edition of The Fiction Desk, Barâa Arar offers us a reading of her latest short story, “The Dentist’s Son.”

> Discover Barâa Arar’s latest story: bit.ly/the-dentists-son-a-short-story

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September 18, 2026 at 11:01 AM