The Markaz is now The Markaz Review !
Issue 1 launches by the end of September 2020!
First texts are dedicated to Lebanese culture.
For almost 20 years the Markaz was the cultural center in Los Angeles where people went to unpack the Middle East and North Africa, through public programs that brought a cultural lens to politics and current affairs.
Due in part to the pandemic they finally shut their doors, but are thrilled to announce the launch on September 16th as The Markaz Review, or TMR, as an online publication and virtual center, more global than local.
Our first TMR issue is devoted to Beirut, the city, its people and its artists, with articles, art and more from Jenine Abboushi, Wajdi Mouawad, Melissa Chemam, Sarah Mills, Michel Tabet, Gaja Pellegrini-Bettoli & others.
While our primary language is English, we are publishing everything simultaneously in French, Arabic and Spanish.
And although our themed magazine themes are starting out as monthly issues, we're also publishing daily or near-daily content in TMR Daily, with such regular columns as WORLD PICKS (best of), MY FAVORITE THINGS (a lifestyle column) and WHAT WE'RE INTO (what our editors are reading, watching, listening to or doing)...
In future issues of TMR we'll cover the arts, cultures and current affairs in Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Iran, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, Turkey, Yemen and in various locations throughout the world, including Europe and the USA.
The team is also seeking to establish vital partnerships with institutions in Europe and beyond—certainly we look forward to partnerships with such organizations as
Afikra in Beirut, the
Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris and the
Festival Arabesques in Montpellier, as well as with publications and institutions throughout North Africa and the Mashriq.
Please get in touch, write us as editor@themarkaz.org for details.
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
TMR 2 : AMERICA AND THE NOV. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, QUERIES WANTED
The second themed issue of The Markaz Review is devoted to:
—how Arab Americans and other Middle Eastern Americans are voting;
—life under the Muslim ban;
—immigrant stories;
—how the Trump presidency has effected people in the Middle East and North Africa
—book reviews
—Iranian American perspectives;
—we seek a range of articles and op-eds that provide diverse voices on the Trump era, racism under Trump,etc.
—interviews with major artists/writers/filmmakers whose recent work comments on the USA today
—for our featured art, we seek art and texts on artists & their creative output, whether cartoons or paintings or whatever media, under Trump—how has this aberration of an era informed artists—both those of Arab/Iranian/Middle Eastern origin and others, Black, Latinx, Asian etc?
DEADLINE: Mid october 2020
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