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Letter from Gaza: Our Long Wait for Gas

Letter from Gaza: Our Long Wait for Gas

Coffee, gas, warmth — basic things to many, but in Gaza, they become rarities.

30 JANUARY 2026 • By Esraa Abo Qamar
Letter from Gaza: Stuck in Place

Letter from Gaza: Stuck in Place

A young writer reports that safe transportation remains dangerously scarce.

30 JANUARY 2026 • By Mariam Mushtaha
The Friend of the Fallen: James Baldwin in Istanbul

The Friend of the Fallen: James Baldwin in Istanbul

James Baldwin's Turkish exile, a lesser-told chapter in his life, offered safety, privacy, and most importantly, a creative...

19 DECEMBER 2025 • By Öykü Tekten
A Literary Festival Talks About Africa from Africa

A Literary Festival Talks About Africa from Africa

The Marrakesh African Book Festival (FLAM) challenges a western-focused discourse, foregrounding African writers.

12 DECEMBER 2025 • By Lulu Norman
In Praise of Half-Light: Notes from a Gray City

In Praise of Half-Light: Notes from a Gray City

Playwright Melis Aker makes a compelling argument in favor of shadows.

5 DECEMBER 2025 • By Melis Aker
مقال لمي المغربي: سيادة الجنون في عالم عبثي

مقال لمي المغربي: سيادة الجنون في عالم عبثي

في مقال نقدي، تناقش مي المغربي سينما العبث المصرية، متخذة من عدة أفلام أمثلة على النظرة الذكورية القاصرة...

10 NOVEMBER 2025 • By مي المغربي
Home — a State of Restlessness?

Home — a State of Restlessness?

A writer explores what home means when one's life is upended and what once held cherished emotions disintegrates.

7 NOVEMBER 2025 • By Neemah Ahamed
The Absent Homeland

The Absent Homeland

Maysaa Alajjan on a homeland that never accepted her, and another that she never knew.

7 NOVEMBER 2025 • By Maysaa Alajjan
On Bilgé, Time Arrows, and the Indigenous Turn

On Bilgé, Time Arrows, and the Indigenous Turn

In the Global South, abstraction connects with modernism and evades censorship. Could it be a powerful way to...

10 OCTOBER 2025 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
Making Art During a Genocide

Making Art During a Genocide

An artist is unable to go on with life and work as usual, while Israelis are committed to...

10 OCTOBER 2025 • By Myriam Cohenca
The War on Palestinians Didn’t Start on October 7

The War on Palestinians Didn’t Start on October 7

Two years into the crushing genocide in Gaza, Taqwa Ahmed Al-Wawi recalls her displacements and the significance of...

10 OCTOBER 2025 • By Taqwa Ahmed Al-Wawi
You Want Your Friends to See Who You Really Are

You Want Your Friends to See Who You Really Are

A writer confronts the harsh reality of performative acceptance versus true solidarity as her community's struggles become inconvenient.

3 OCTOBER 2025 • By Christina Adranly
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