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Freedom • Identity • Resistance
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09/09/2026

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

Dima Alzayat is a writer and researcher. She was born in Syria and grew up in the United States. Her debut short story collection, "Alligator and Other Stories," was a finalist for the Dylan Thomas Prize and the James Tait Black Prize. Her short stories have appeared in Esquire, The Adroit Journal, Prairie Schooner and elsewhere.

We’re proud to be supported by the de Groot Foundation, the Hawthornden Foundation, and other supporters, and to work in close collaboration with the Caine Prize for African Writing.

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

09/08/2026

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

09/07/2026

من عالم نورهان أبو عوف الواسع، خمس قصائد عن ما رأته في فترات مختلفة من حياتها.

يمكنكم قراءة القصائد كاملة من خلال الرابط التالي:

https://themarkaz.org/norhan/

#شعر

09/06/2026

We’ve been meeting on the last Sunday of each month for four years now, and it’s always a delight to welcome new faces and hear everyone’s thoughts on our monthly read 📚
We only have three books left to discuss before the end of the year, we’d love to see you there!

Our online book clubs are free but advance registration is required:
• "Floodlines "by Saleem Haddad: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/IS--P7ikRxa1Pgr97TPldA #/registration
• "The Night Is Not For You" by Eman Quotah: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/9TNlDG2aQli-qGf1dGdwDQ #/registration
• "Birds in the Rain" by Rana Hanna: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/JaMnwH9hRk6R-rMPhbJumw #/registration

💌 Sign up to our newsletter to get the latest updates about TMR Book Club: https://bit.ly/tmrbookclub

09/04/2026

We are delighted to announce that our 61st issue • ANTHROPOCENE is now live!

Across these works, land remembers; animals disappear and return; seeds evade the archive; water carries traces of violence; bodies, ruins, and elements hold what history tries to erase and revolt as freedom fighters. Again and again, these pieces ask us to attend to what it means to understand that “land, like language, is inherited.”

Featuring work by: Abdelrahman ElGendy, Nour Annan, Cynthia Kreishati, Hamed al-Nazir, Rana Asfour, lisa minerva luxx, Sema Kaygusuz, Nicholas Glastonbury, Nour Shtayyeh, Balsam Karam, Saskia Vogel, Samira Makki, Sherena Razek, Silvia Hassounia, Maya Salameh, Umniya Najaer and George Abraham.

✒️ Discover the full issue now: https://bit.ly/TMR61anthropocene

09/03/2026

We’re delighted to announce that Cosac has released the first Portuguese translation of "Stories from the Center of the World: New Middle East Fiction" 📚

Featuring work from: Hanif Kureishi, Sarah Alkahly-Mills, Amany Kamal Eldin, Ahmad Naji, Abdellah Taïa, Diary Marif, Jordan Elgrably, Malu Halasa, Farah Ahamed, Alireza Iranmehr, Nektaria Anastasiadou, Muhammad Al-Naas, MK Harb, Leila Aboulela, Danial Haghighi, Natasha Tynes, Salar Abdoh, Mai Al-Nakib, Karim Kattan, May Haddad, Omar F**a, Tariq Mehmood, Sahar Mustafah, Omar El Akkad, Ahmad Salah Al-Mahdi.

✒️ Purchase a copy now: https://cosacedicoes.com.br/products/historias-do-centro-do-mundo

09/02/2026

We are delighted to announce that Leila Aboulela will preside over the short story category of The Markaz Literary Prizes!

Leila Aboulela is a novelist, playwright and short-story writer. She grew up in Khartoum and now lives in Scotland. She was the first ever winner of the Caine Prize for African Writing and in 2025 was awarded the PEN Pinter Prize. Her story collection, "Elsewhere, Home" won the Saltire Fiction Book of the Year Award, her books have been translated into fifteen languages, and she has also written numerous plays for BBC Radio. She is Honorary Professor of the WORD Centre at the University of Aberdeen and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

We’re proud to be supported by the de Groot Foundation, the Hawthornden Foundation, and other supporters, and to work in close collaboration with the Caine Prize for African Writing.

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

09/01/2026

For our September Book Club, we are thrilled to read Saleem Haddad's latest book, "Floodlines". Join Rana Asfour, Saleem Haddad and our fabulous reader community to discuss our monthly pick.

🗓️ Join us Sunday, September 27th at 1pm EST/19:00 CET online.

> This online event is free but advance registration is required.
> Sign up now: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/IS--P7ikRxa1Pgr97TPldA #/registration

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