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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TMR presents a selection of bold, thought-provoking books about changing landscapes, environmental crisis, and new ways to survive and thrive.

> Check the full book list now: https://bit.ly/the-anthropocene-book-list

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Cynthia Kreichati tries to think through the unthinkable as she considers the mechanics of Israel’s AI-powered assault on Lebanon.

> Read the full essay now: https://bit.ly/hunter-trickster-gatherer

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For our next theme issue, MIS/TRANSLATION, we invite works in translation but also, especially, about translation.

🗓️ Submit by Nov 20.
🔗 Submit now: https://themarkaz.org/submissions/

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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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An exhibition featuring Palestinian artists reimagining weeds highlights the problematic symbolism of resilience in times of genocide.

Read Silvia Hassouna's essay now: https://bit.ly/weeds-of-the-anthropocene-a-view-from-palestine

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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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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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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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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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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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We are delighted to announce that Azadeh Moaveni is joining The Markaz Literary Prizes to preside over the literary essay/creative nonfiction category.

Submissions are open until Oct. 30: https://themarkaz.org/literaryprizes/

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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.
> Sign up now: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/IS--P7ikRxa1Pgr97TPldA#/registration

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Old tensions with a contemporary ring continue to illuminate Israel’s profound crisis as it approaches its seventy-ninth birthday.

> Discover Amal Ghandour’s latest column now: bit.ly/better-baruch-spinoza-than-meir-kahane

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The countless unanswered questions about what exactly happened on September 11, 2001 remain the greatest evidence of its instrumentalization.

> Read Ammiel Alcalay's latest piece: bit.ly/failures-of-the-imagination-twenty-five-years-after-9-11

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We are delighted to announce that Dima Alzayat is joining The Markaz Literary Prizes to preside over the short story category.

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

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In our latest editorial, TMR’s Literary Editor, Abdelrahman ElGendy, reflects on what created the Anthropocene—capitalism, colonialism, ecocide—and the possibility of undoing it.

Read the full editorial now: https://bit.ly/why-anthropocene

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In “Weeds of the Anthropocene: A View from Palestine,” Silvia Hassouna traces the colonial histories embedded in the category of the “weed” by drawing on the 2020 exhibition Weed Control.