Fiction

Play the Game by Fatima Daas—an excerpt

Play the Game by Fatima Daas—an excerpt

Daas' latest novel explores what it means to grow up queer and Muslim in France.

3 OCTOBER 2025 • By Fatima Daas
Everything You Need To Know About X — an excerpt

Everything You Need To Know About X — an excerpt

This excerpt from Ahmed El-Fakharani's latest novel questions whether virtual friendships are real or simply a facade masking...

3 OCTOBER 2025 • By Ahmed El Fakharany
Somewhere Other Than Here

Somewhere Other Than Here

Two Lebanese men who knew each other in childhood meet. Before they can become lovers, they must first...

3 OCTOBER 2025 • By Youssef Manessa
War and War

War and War

Winner of the 2025 Azhar Writing Prize — A foreign correspondent confronts devastation and violence before crossing a...

26 SEPTEMBER 2025 • By Hussain A. Ayoub
Diba’s House

Diba’s House

“Diba’s House” is a fictional retelling of events in Wadi Salib in Palestine and won Second Place in...

26 SEPTEMBER 2025 • By Sara Masry
مقتطف من رواية «طرق متنوعة لقتل النمل» لمحمد الفولي

مقتطف من رواية «طرق متنوعة لقتل النمل» لمحمد الفولي

تتلخص رواية محمد الفولي الجديدة في كراهية النمل، يحدثنا الراوي المخادع عن أسباب كراهيته لتلك الكائنات الصغيرة، ولا...

8 SEPTEMBER 2025 • By محمد الفولي
A Safe Place

A Safe Place

A Christian woman in solitary confinement in a Pakistani prison is recognized as a voice of reason, even...

5 SEPTEMBER 2025 • By Farah Ahamed
The Intersection

The Intersection

A drink at a pub, a conversation about psychoanalysis, madness, despair and pain—an encounter.

5 SEPTEMBER 2025 • By Ayça Çubukçu
The Midday Ghoul

The Midday Ghoul

Inspired by a famous Libyan folktale, “Azouz il-Gayla,” the tale intends to discipline children to keep them from...

5 SEPTEMBER 2025 • By Safa Elnaili
مقتطف من رواية “هواء مالح” لهبة خميس

مقتطف من رواية “هواء مالح” لهبة خميس

مشهدان من رواية بديعة، عن حادث تصادم هائل، وعامل ينقل السيارات المحطمة ويتفاجأ للمرة الأولى بفتاة على شفا...

1 SEPTEMBER 2025 • By هبة خميس
“My Choices Are My Downfall”—a short story by Fadi Zaghmout

“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...

4 JULY 2025 • By Fadi Zaghmout
“Waving at the Sky”—a story by Nahla Karam

“Waving at the Sky”—a story by Nahla Karam

Two women on the mend in the hospital, one a wife and mother, the other pining for a...

4 JULY 2025 • By Nahla Karam
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