“An Unwritten Poem”—new fiction by Omar Khalifah

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Three stories published every Friday

Setting History Right in All That’s Left of You

A new Palestinian drama set in 1948, 1978, 1988, and 2022 sets aside Zionist myths and recognizes historical injustices.

5 MARCH 2026 • By Jordan Elgrably

Kawa and I: Two Exiles Reading in the Dark

After years of searching, an exiled Afghan journalist encounters a beloved poet with whom she shares the loss of country.

27 FEBRUARY 2026 • By Freshta Jalalzai

“How to Erase an Armenian Accent in Junior High”

In anticipation of TMR 58 • MOTHER TONGUE, this new poem explores the painful self-silencing of a language.

27 FEBRUARY 2026 • By Shahé Mankerian

Whose Life is it Anyway? On Writing About Others

In the latest This Arab Life column, Amal Ghandour ponders: who does a life actually belong to once you (or they) are dead?

27 FEBRUARY 2026 • By Amal Ghandour

Art and Disillusionment in Saleem Haddad’s Floodlines

Our reviewer examines the Arab melancholy at the heart of Saleem Haddad’s second novel.

20 FEBRUARY 2026 • By Layla AlAmmar

Dear Souseh: Sometimes I Feel Like a Childless Mother

Many women and men long to raise children of their own, but is it primordial to be a biological parent?

20 FEBRUARY 2026 • By Lina Mounzer
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Prison and the Writer: Interview with Palestinian Nasser Abu Srour

Palestinian writer Nasser Abu Srour, finally free after 32 years in Israeli prisons, speaks to interviewer Rebecca Ruth Gould.

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Palestinian artist Mona Hatoum keeps returning to the same questions: How is space regulated, surveilled, and colonized? And what remains concealed?

30 January 2026 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
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Poetry

“How to Erase an Armenian Accent in Junior High”

In anticipation of TMR 58 • MOTHER TONGUE, this new poem explores the painful self-silencing of a language.

27 FEBRUARY 2026 • By Shahé Mankerian

Shira Wolfe on Jugoslovenska Kinoteka

Shira Wolfe's cinematic poetry reads like scenes from a movie, describing a period of her life spent in Belgrade...

1 NOVEMBER 2025 • By Shira Wolfe

Columns

Whose Life is it Anyway? On Writing About Others

In the latest This Arab Life column, Amal Ghandour ponders: who does a life actually belong to once you (or they) are dead?

27 FEBRUARY 2026 • By Amal Ghandour

Dear Souseh: Sometimes I Feel Like a Childless Mother

Many women and men long to raise children of their own, but is it primordial to be a biological parent?

20 FEBRUARY 2026 • By Lina Mounzer

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