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“The Melancholy of the Mermaid”—fiction

“The Melancholy of the Mermaid”—fiction

A dystopian satire grounded in the refugee crisis, austerity, bureaucratic collapse, and the slow destruction of a Greek...

19 JUNE 2026 • By Ersi Sotiropoulos
Searching for Perseus

Searching for Perseus

A writer returns to her homeland — Lebanon — after years abroad, tracing the fault lines between memory...

19 JUNE 2026 • By Lara Atallah
“The Lens of the North and the Lung of the South”—fiction

“The Lens of the North and the Lung of the South”—fiction

This haunting tale explores the Mediterranean as an artistic inspiration, a deceptively hopeful bridge, and a vast cemetery.

19 JUNE 2026 • By Zeinab Ghassan Khaddour
The Meaning of a Party in the Midst of War

The Meaning of a Party in the Midst of War

A post-graduation party in Beirut, held within striking distance of displaced citizens, reflects a broader discourse — and...

12 JUNE 2026 • By Amal Ghandour
Border as Fiction: A Conversation with Shady Lewis

Border as Fiction: A Conversation with Shady Lewis

Lewis, fresh off his win of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, reflects on borders, bureaucracy, and more.

12 JUNE 2026 • By Abdelrahman ElGendy
Everything Repeats: a Memoir Comic

Everything Repeats: a Memoir Comic

In her latest creation, Malaka Gharib seeks the circle in the pattern when she takes her child on...

12 JUNE 2026 • By Malaka Gharib
No Final Curtain on Beirut’s Zoukak Theatre

No Final Curtain on Beirut’s Zoukak Theatre

Zoukak embodied a rarity in the Lebanese theatre world, running ten years longer than its intrepid founders expected.

5 JUNE 2026 • By Amelia Izmanki
Grief and Hope in the Poetry of Dissonance

Grief and Hope in the Poetry of Dissonance

Aida Zilelian’s first chapbook traces the survival of a people, but also reminds the reader of other genocides,...

5 JUNE 2026 • By Sean Casey
Sad, Beautiful, and True: Love in Lebanon

Sad, Beautiful, and True: Love in Lebanon

Lebanon is a quiet, at times ominous, presence in A Sad and Beautiful World, an unexpected and moving...

5 JUNE 2026 • By Alex Demyanenko
Epiphanies: There’s Not Enough Body in the Text

Epiphanies: There’s Not Enough Body in the Text

A translator reflects upon cultural parallels and the many dimensions of an anthology written by and about Jordanian...

29 MAY 2026 • By Addie Leak
Washing Off the Rosewater Tint

Washing Off the Rosewater Tint

The Library of Arabic Literature was forced to shutter, ending a vital injection of Arabic into the bloodstream...

29 MAY 2026 • By Chip Rossetti
When Reckoning Comes to Israel…

When Reckoning Comes to Israel…

In her latest column, Amal Ghandour keeps a ledger of Israeli atrocities, and ponders a possible moral reckoning.

29 MAY 2026 • By Amal Ghandour
 
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