Oum Kalthoum, le 50e anniversaire avec l'animatrice invitée Mayssa Issa

Oum Kalthoum, le 50e anniversaire avec l'animatrice invitée Mayssa Issa

Radio Tabbouli en français ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Forgetting, an episode of Radio Tabbouli, from The Markaz Review

The Markaz Review presents a conversation on our May issue, TMR 41 FORGETTING, around the culture of memory and forgetting in the Arab world with four of the issue’s contributing writers: Mai Al-Nakib, Saleem Haddad, Asmaa Elgamal and Nabil Salih. Hosted and moderated by TMR senior editor Lina Mounzer. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Writing Across Boundaries, hosted by Malu Halasa, Literary Editor at The Markaz Review

Multilingualism, translation, queerness and generational clashes were some of the themes for this roundtable conversation celebrating The Markaz Review’s 2024 summer double literary issue. MK Harb from Beirut, Nektaria Anastasiadou from Istanbul, and Qais Akbar Omar from Kabul joined The Markaz’s literary editor Malu Halasa. They discussed the art of fiction, the universality of localism, and the challenges facing writers from the Middle East and beyond in western-centric publishing. Learn the secrets and techniques behind writing a compelling short story. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Public Intellectual, a conversation produced by The Markaz Review

Highly accomplished writers and public intellectuals Moustafa Bayoumi (from New York) and Hisham Bustani (from Amman) join TMR senior editor Lina Mounzer in Beirut, for a conversation post October 7, 2023. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Returning Home, the 50th issue of The Markaz Review (May 2025)

In the 50th issue of The Markaz Review, RETURNING HOME is a compelling theme in both creative nonfiction and fiction. In “A Kashmiri in Cashmere [https://themarkaz.org/a-kashmiri-in-cashmere/],” Nafeesa Syeed hopes she’ll feel at home in a small Washington town east of Seattle, named after her native region, caught between India and Pakistan. In “Return to Ramallah [https://themarkaz.org/return-to-ramallah-an-excerpt-from-too-soon-by-betty-shamieh/],” a brief excerpt from playwright Betty Shamieh’s debut novel Too Soon, the narrator Arabella reflects on going home to the city her Palestinian American parents fled during the Nakba. The complete list of contributors includes Salar Abdoh, Batoul Ahmad, Yasmine Al Awa, Myriam Cohenca, Sophia Didinova, Karina El Helou, Lara Kassem, Ati Metwaly, Mai Al-Nakib, Raha Nik-Andish, Gabriel Polley, Sama Alshaibi, Betty Shamieh, Nafeesa Syeed and Abdallah Taïa. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.