In Haidar Al Ghazali's short story, a Palestinian father during the war on Gaza makes an impossible choice.
5 JULY 2024 • By Haidar Al Ghazali
Areej Gamal's translated short story from Egypt depicts a potted plant and forbidden love that become intertwined, with...
3 MAY 2024 • By Areej Gamal
Joumana Haddad's short story delves into a woman's lifelong journey of navigating her relationship with the hijab.
26 APRIL 2024 • By Joumana Haddad
Bonfire of the vanities: A second-rate artist imagines the prophets and the grand, holy tales of monotheism.
3 MARCH 2024 • By Mohammad Rabie
In a translated tale from Palestine’s first lady of short stories, the newest technology exacts a toll on...
15 JANUARY 2024 • By Samira Azzam
There are some long, languid and even dangerous summers that Beirutis can never forget, and this is one...
3 DECEMBER 2023 • By MK Harb
In this short story by Egyptian writer Ahmed Salah Al-Mahdi, translated from Arabic, a man contends with his...
3 DECEMBER 2023 • By Ahmed Salah Al-Mahdi
In this short story by Maryam Mahjoba, a teacher from Japan travels to Afghanistan to teach at a...
3 DECEMBER 2023 • By Maryam Mahjoba
An exclusive excerpt from Mohammed Abdelnabi's latest novel "Almost Every Day," translated from the Arabic by Nada Faris.
3 DECEMBER 2023 • By Mohammed Abdelnabi
Exclusive excerpt from Huda Fahreddine's "A Brief Time Under a Different Sun," translated from the Arabic by Rana...
3 DECEMBER 2023 • By Huda J. Fakhreddine
A young woman in Gaza who has already lost so much wants to live another day, in this...
3 DECEMBER 2023 • By Joumana Haddad
A short story by Jordanian writer Fadi Zaghout in which a traditional Jordanian "Jaha" ceremony takes place in...
3 DECEMBER 2023 • By Fadi Zaghmout
