Our October pick is here, have you started it yet? 📚

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For our September Book Club, we are thrilled to read Saleem Haddad's latest book, "Floodlines".

🗓️ Join us Sunday, September 27th at 1pm EST/19:00 CET online.
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We’ve been meeting on the last Sunday of each month for a couple of years now, and it’s always a delight to welcome new faces and hear everyone’s thoughts on our monthly read 📚

Our online book clubs are free but advance registration is required: https://themarkaz.org/book-club/

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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.

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In June, we are delighted to welcome Kay Heikkinen, translator of "The Gates of Paradise
By Taleb Alrefai".

🗓️ Join us Sunday, June 28th at 1pm EST/19:00 CET online.
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In April, we have the pleasure to welcome Mai Al-Nakib to discuss her short story collection “The Hidden Light of Objects”.

🗓️ Join us Sunday, April 26th at 1pm EST/19:00 CET online.
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For our third book club of 2026, we’re reading The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and his mother) by Rabih Alameddine.
🗓️ Join us Sunday, March 29th at 1pm EST/19:00 CET online.
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📚 TMR Book Club w/ Rana Asfour discusses "My Friends" by Hisham Matar—Jan 25, 1pm EST online. Friendship in exile & revolution.

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📚 TMR Book Club w/ Rana Asfour discusses "My Friends" by Hisham Matar — Jan 25, 1pm EST online. Friendship, exile, resistance.

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Hosted by Rana Asfour: 2026 starts with Matar’s "My Friends," Azem’s "The Book of Disappearance," & Alameddine’s "The True True Story of Raja the Gullible."

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TMR Book Club read 4 of the 6 shortlisted titles for the Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation this year and hosted conversations with their authors and translators. 📚

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Join Rana Asfour to discuss “Whispering Walls” by Choman Hardi—three siblings in Kurdistan and the UK, facing war and memory. Online, Nov 30, 1pm EST.

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Rana Asfour hosts a discussion of “Whispering Walls” by Choman Hardi—exploring memory, trauma, and resilience in Kurdistan.

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Join Rana Asfour to discuss “Harraga” by Boualem Sansal (tr. Frank Wynne) and the journeys of resistance and exile in Algeria on Sunday, October 26th at 1pm EST.

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Host Rana Asfour (@bookfabulous.bsky.social) welcomes you Sept. 28 for “Sand-Catcher” (@coffeehousepress.bsky.social) with author Omar Khalifah and translator Barbara Romaine joining us for the discussion!

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🗓️[UPCOMING EVENT]

Join us on Sept. 28 at 1pm EST for #TMRBookClub! We’ll discuss “Sand-Catcher,” (@coffeehousepress.bsky.social) a moving fable of Palestinian memory. Author Omar Khalifah and translator Barbara Romaine join us. Hosted by @bookfabulous.bsky.social

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❤️‍🔥 JULY BOOK CLUB

Join our Book Club TODAY to discuss “The Burning Heart of the World” with author Nancy Kricorian (published by @redhenpress.bsky.social)! Hosted by @bookfabulous.bsky.social.

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📚 [JUNE BOOK CLUB]

Join us TODAY at 1pm EST to discuss Bothayna Al-Essa’s “The Book Censor’s Library,” a bold novel on censorship and free speech. Hosted by Rana Asfour (@bookfabulous.bsky.social)

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📚 [UPCOMING EVENT]

Join TMR’s Book Club to discuss Bothayna Al-Essa’s “The Book Censor’s Library” —a surreal tale of censorship, resistance & forbidden stories.

📅 Sun, June 29 | 1pm EST | Free & online
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⏰[REMINDER]

TODAY at 1pm EST: join the TMR Book Club online to dive into Youssef Rakha’s latest novel, “The Dissenters.” Hosted by Rana Asfour.

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🗓️ [SAVE THE DATE]

This SUNDAY, April 27th at 1pm EST: join us online to dive into Youssef Rakha’s latest novel, “The Dissenters.” Hosted by @bookfabulous.bsky.social.

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