Jordan Elgrably

Today is the 77th commemoration of the Nabka, the day that Palestinians know as the catastrophe. The Markaz Review editors have put together this book list. Please share it widely: themarkaz.org/editors-2025-p…

Another bloody day in Lebanon. Israel killed 86 people & injured 159 today alone across Lebanon. Since March 2: 773 killed & 1,993 injured. Women, children, medics & entire families are among the victims. Today, Israel committed two massacres: 12 civilians were killed when a residential building was struck in Sidon, & in Nabatiyeh the entire Basma family - father, mother, & four children - were also killed. These are some of their faces.

Insightful essay by #IasonAthanasiadis, reveals #ArtificialIntelligence’s running amok in #wars present & future: #Al struggle for Middle Earth in #US-#Israel War on #Iran ⁦@TheMarkazReview⁩ themarkaz.org/ai-in-the-u-s-…

Meet Saleem Haddad, our new fiction editor and author of Guapa (2016) and floodlines (2026), a multigenerational tale of art, exile, memory, and the enduring legacies of war. Supported by institutions such as The Corporation of Yaddo and the Literarisches Colloquium Berlin, Saleem joins TMR to encourage writers to experiment with genre, including crime, thriller, spy fiction, speculative and science fiction, romance, and hybrid forms. #TheMarkazReview #TMRteam #SaleemHaddad #SWANALit

Former British diplomat Alastair Crooke says that America was not prepared for Iran's sophisticated military response. They did not think this through, and the subsequent strategic blunder demonstrates this. Watch my full conversation with Alastair at the link below.

Why stop there. Abolish the Security Council. Democratize the UN.

Who made this 😭😂🤣

Can we get this shared 10,000 times? "War crimes don't hide sex crimes!"

YEP!

Gulf states are realizing the US military bases on their soil just make them sitting targets for Iran. The US sent all its air defense systems to Israel and left its Arab allies completely defenseless. A massive strategic betrayal.

It’s not just Iran. It’s Lebanon. In less than 2 weeks, Israel has killed 570 people and displaced 750,000 — over 10% of the entire country. Residential buildings are being bombed with no warning. The U.S. cannot continue to be complicit in Netanyahu’s wars.

Good mourning. Operation Epstein Fury continues apace. At least 150 US soldiers have been killed or injured that we know of. Massive numbers of Iranian civilians, including children, have been murdered. All to distract from the fact that Donald trump is a child-raping pedophile.

LET'S FUCKING DO THIS!

OMG WOW Former Israeli negotiator Daniel Levy completely dismantles the Zionist narrative by exposing Israel's brutal occupation, structural apartheid, and devastation of Gaza He explicitly points out that Israel is the aggressor seeking regional domination, making a mockery of the victimhood arguments presented by the Israeli side and defending the rights of Palestinians.

Prof. Jeffrey Sachs: "We're heading to World War 3. The United States and Israel are rogue nations led by megalomaniacs. Israel is doing more damage to the world and to humanity than any other government. This is mass murder of civilians by Israel and the United States."

One family, the right-wing Trump-aligned Ellisons, will soon control: TikTok CBS CNN HBO Discovery Channel BET Cartoon Network Comedy Central DC Studios Fandango Miramax MTV Nickelodeon Paramount PlutoTV Showtime TBS The CW TNT Warner Bros. And more This is oligarchy.

@BernieSanders Why the hell isn't this ILLEGAL?

TMR 58 — MOTHER TONGUE has been live since Friday. Have you dipped in yet? This issue explores the languages that raise us, haunt us, and won't quite let us go. At The Markaz Review, we're translators by trade and by survival: always moving between tongues, cities, and selves. Tell us in the comments: what's your mother tongue, and how has it changed over time? Featuring work by: Lara Vergnaud, Sarah Aziza, Naima Morelli, Amy Omar (@amyomarsays), Sheeshaka, Majd Aburrub, Abdelrahman Elgendy, Mai Al-Nakib (@maialnakib), Hajer Requiq, Farah Ahamed (@FarahAhamed), Zeinab Ghassan Khaddour, Rana Asfour (@bookfabulous), Namal Siddiqui, Jordan Elgrably (@JordanElgrably) and Anissa Helou (@anissahelou). 🔗 Read now: bit.ly/tmr58-mother-t… #TheMarkazReview #TMR58 #MotherTongue #SWANAlit #MiddleEastArts #NewIssue #Fiction #Essays #Poetry #Art

In his latest review, Jordan Elgrably (@JordanElgrably) focuses on Palestinian American writer-director Cherien Dabis’s (@CherienDabis) third feature film, a masterful saga when it comes to understanding the Israel-Palestine narrative. And for our Montpellier friends, Jordan is co-moderating a post-screening conversation on March 8th with Cherien Dabis. It’s happening this Sunday at the cinema Diagonal, and we’d love to see you there 🗓️ Join us Sunday, March 8th at 6pm CET, Cinéma Diagonal (5 rue de Verdun, Montpellier). 🔗 Read now: bit.ly/setting-histor… 🔗 Grab your tickets: achat.cinediagonal.com/reserver/F6211…