A simple debate over a spoon opens a space in which a group of Syrian migrants reclaim an...
6 MARCH 2026 • By Zeinab Ghassan Khaddour
Danger looms over this story, set in pre-Nakba Palestine, as a mother, distrustful of a foreigner's presence, tends...
30 JANUARY 2026 • By Sahar Mustafah
In this Christmas story, we encounter an unexpected family gathering, consisting of two cast-off sons and two repentant...
19 DECEMBER 2025 • By Ioanna Karystiani
In this exclusive short story, a Palestinian aspiring poet in New York City tries to solve an unsolvable...
5 DECEMBER 2025 • By Omar Khalifah
In this short story translated from Persian, an ordinary day swiftly — and brutally — changes course.
5 DECEMBER 2025 • By Abdollah Nazari
This gritty thriller interweaves multiple perspectives to explore exile, identity, resistance, and the human cost of war.
5 DECEMBER 2025 • By Mirna Al-Mahdi
This tautly written short story charts the existential dread of Israeli checkpoints.
5 DECEMBER 2025 • By Majd Aburrub
Small-time crook Magdy survives a street brawl, an angry relative, and an accidental murder — all in one...
5 DECEMBER 2025 • By Mohab Aref
Haunted by fear and fragile hope, two couples cross the Afghan capital and accidentally meet. Where is the...
7 NOVEMBER 2025 • By Parand
A lonely Lebanese writer welcomes a poor woman into his home, unwittingly realizing that it is she who...
7 NOVEMBER 2025 • By MK Harb