Rana Asfour
@bookfabulous.bsky.social
reads. writes. reviews. translates
Managing Editor @ themarkaz.org
Managing Editor @ themarkaz.org
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📚 TMR Book Club w/ Rana Asfour discusses "My Friends" by Hisham Matar — Jan 25, 1pm EST online. Friendship, exile, resistance.
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January 7, 2026 at 4:02 PM
📚 TMR Book Club w/ Rana Asfour discusses "My Friends" by Hisham Matar — Jan 25, 1pm EST online. Friendship, exile, resistance.
🔗 Register: #/registrationistration" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/yfXMbGErQ1uN2ume1aJFmg#/registration
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I’ve read “Tale of a Wall”… his certainty that he would be in prison forever - I can’t imagine how this must feel…
Two Prize-winning Palestinian Authors Freed from Israeli Prisons
Two award-winning Palestinian authors serving life sentences in Israeli prisons were released on October 13 as part of the exchange for Israeli captives held in Gaza.
Two award-winning Palestinian authors serving life sentences in Israeli prisons were released on October 13 as part of the exchange for Israeli captives held in Gaza.
Two Prize-winning Palestinian Authors Freed from Israeli Prisons
Two award-winning Palestinian authors serving life sentences in Israeli prisons were released on October 13 as part of the exchange for Israeli captives held in Gaza.
arablit.org
October 15, 2025 at 10:23 AM
I’ve read “Tale of a Wall”… his certainty that he would be in prison forever - I can’t imagine how this must feel…
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📚 [TMR BOOK CLUB]
Host Rana Asfour (@bookfabulous.bsky.social) welcomes you Sept. 28 for “Sand-Catcher” (@coffeehousepress.bsky.social) with author Omar Khalifah and translator Barbara Romaine joining us for the discussion!
🔗 RSVP: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Host Rana Asfour (@bookfabulous.bsky.social) welcomes you Sept. 28 for “Sand-Catcher” (@coffeehousepress.bsky.social) with author Omar Khalifah and translator Barbara Romaine joining us for the discussion!
🔗 RSVP: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#TMRBookClub #OnlineEvent
September 21, 2025 at 4:27 PM
📚 [TMR BOOK CLUB]
Host Rana Asfour (@bookfabulous.bsky.social) welcomes you Sept. 28 for “Sand-Catcher” (@coffeehousepress.bsky.social) with author Omar Khalifah and translator Barbara Romaine joining us for the discussion!
🔗 RSVP: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#TMRBookClub #OnlineEvent
Host Rana Asfour (@bookfabulous.bsky.social) welcomes you Sept. 28 for “Sand-Catcher” (@coffeehousepress.bsky.social) with author Omar Khalifah and translator Barbara Romaine joining us for the discussion!
🔗 RSVP: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#TMRBookClub #OnlineEvent
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📖 [TMR 53 OUT OF OUR MINDS]
Check out our list of 10 powerful books from The Markaz Review’s new issue—stories of survival, mental health, and resistance across continents.
🔗 See the list: bit.ly/10-books-for-...
#TMR53 #BookList @bookfabulous.bsky.social
Check out our list of 10 powerful books from The Markaz Review’s new issue—stories of survival, mental health, and resistance across continents.
🔗 See the list: bit.ly/10-books-for-...
#TMR53 #BookList @bookfabulous.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
📖 [TMR 53 OUT OF OUR MINDS]
Check out our list of 10 powerful books from The Markaz Review’s new issue—stories of survival, mental health, and resistance across continents.
🔗 See the list: bit.ly/10-books-for-...
#TMR53 #BookList @bookfabulous.bsky.social
Check out our list of 10 powerful books from The Markaz Review’s new issue—stories of survival, mental health, and resistance across continents.
🔗 See the list: bit.ly/10-books-for-...
#TMR53 #BookList @bookfabulous.bsky.social
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🗓️[UPCOMING EVENT]
Join us on Sept. 28 at 1pm EST for #TMRBookClub! We’ll discuss “Sand-Catcher,” (@coffeehousepress.bsky.social) a moving fable of Palestinian memory. Author Omar Khalifah and translator Barbara Romaine join us. Hosted by @bookfabulous.bsky.social
🔗 us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join us on Sept. 28 at 1pm EST for #TMRBookClub! We’ll discuss “Sand-Catcher,” (@coffeehousepress.bsky.social) a moving fable of Palestinian memory. Author Omar Khalifah and translator Barbara Romaine join us. Hosted by @bookfabulous.bsky.social
🔗 us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
September 15, 2025 at 2:18 PM
🗓️[UPCOMING EVENT]
Join us on Sept. 28 at 1pm EST for #TMRBookClub! We’ll discuss “Sand-Catcher,” (@coffeehousepress.bsky.social) a moving fable of Palestinian memory. Author Omar Khalifah and translator Barbara Romaine join us. Hosted by @bookfabulous.bsky.social
🔗 us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join us on Sept. 28 at 1pm EST for #TMRBookClub! We’ll discuss “Sand-Catcher,” (@coffeehousepress.bsky.social) a moving fable of Palestinian memory. Author Omar Khalifah and translator Barbara Romaine join us. Hosted by @bookfabulous.bsky.social
🔗 us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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🖋️ Featuring: @warghetti.bsky.social, @joelleabirached.bsky.social, @jordanelgrably.bsky.social, Sara Shamma, @bookfabulous.bsky.social, Malu Halasa, Mohammad Rabie, Real Bakhit, Dina Shehata, Safa Elnaili, Robert Bociaga, @aycacu.bsky.social, @michaelfakhri.bsky.social, and Farah Ahamed.
September 5, 2025 at 4:10 PM
🖋️ Featuring: @warghetti.bsky.social, @joelleabirached.bsky.social, @jordanelgrably.bsky.social, Sara Shamma, @bookfabulous.bsky.social, Malu Halasa, Mohammad Rabie, Real Bakhit, Dina Shehata, Safa Elnaili, Robert Bociaga, @aycacu.bsky.social, @michaelfakhri.bsky.social, and Farah Ahamed.
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🤖 In our summer issue, @fadizaghmout.bsky.social’s "My Choices Are My Downfall" (tr. @bookfabulous.bsky.social) follows a woman, her robot, and one very bad morning in future Dubai.
A fire breaks out—and it may not be the robot’s fault.
🔗Read: bit.ly/my-choices-ar...
#TMR52 #FreedomToRead
A fire breaks out—and it may not be the robot’s fault.
🔗Read: bit.ly/my-choices-ar...
#TMR52 #FreedomToRead
"My Choices Are My Downfall"—a short story by Fadi Zaghmout
What happens when a human-robot relationship forms? In near-future Dubai, an accident in a skyscraper holds the key to this question.
bit.ly
August 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
🤖 In our summer issue, @fadizaghmout.bsky.social’s "My Choices Are My Downfall" (tr. @bookfabulous.bsky.social) follows a woman, her robot, and one very bad morning in future Dubai.
A fire breaks out—and it may not be the robot’s fault.
🔗Read: bit.ly/my-choices-ar...
#TMR52 #FreedomToRead
A fire breaks out—and it may not be the robot’s fault.
🔗Read: bit.ly/my-choices-ar...
#TMR52 #FreedomToRead
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📚 [JUNE BOOK CLUB]
Join us TODAY at 1pm EST to discuss Bothayna Al-Essa’s “The Book Censor’s Library,” a bold novel on censorship and free speech. Hosted by Rana Asfour (@bookfabulous.bsky.social)
👉 Register: us02web.zoom.us/meet...
#TMRBookClub #BannedBooks #ArabicFiction
Join us TODAY at 1pm EST to discuss Bothayna Al-Essa’s “The Book Censor’s Library,” a bold novel on censorship and free speech. Hosted by Rana Asfour (@bookfabulous.bsky.social)
👉 Register: us02web.zoom.us/meet...
#TMRBookClub #BannedBooks #ArabicFiction
June 29, 2025 at 1:45 PM
📚 [JUNE BOOK CLUB]
Join us TODAY at 1pm EST to discuss Bothayna Al-Essa’s “The Book Censor’s Library,” a bold novel on censorship and free speech. Hosted by Rana Asfour (@bookfabulous.bsky.social)
👉 Register: us02web.zoom.us/meet...
#TMRBookClub #BannedBooks #ArabicFiction
Join us TODAY at 1pm EST to discuss Bothayna Al-Essa’s “The Book Censor’s Library,” a bold novel on censorship and free speech. Hosted by Rana Asfour (@bookfabulous.bsky.social)
👉 Register: us02web.zoom.us/meet...
#TMRBookClub #BannedBooks #ArabicFiction
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📚 Join us for TMR Book Club to discuss The Book Censor’s Library by Bothayna Al-Essa (trans. Hussain & Abdelrahman)—a gripping story of censorship & resistance. Hosted by Rana Asfour (@bookfabulous.bsky.social).
🗓 Sun, June 29 | 1pm EST
💻 Free & online: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🗓 Sun, June 29 | 1pm EST
💻 Free & online: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
June 24, 2025 at 3:25 PM
📚 Join us for TMR Book Club to discuss The Book Censor’s Library by Bothayna Al-Essa (trans. Hussain & Abdelrahman)—a gripping story of censorship & resistance. Hosted by Rana Asfour (@bookfabulous.bsky.social).
🗓 Sun, June 29 | 1pm EST
💻 Free & online: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🗓 Sun, June 29 | 1pm EST
💻 Free & online: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...