Hisham Bustani

From An Improvised Attempt to Understand Social Transformations in Amman: “urbane” behavior in a city that is not a city

From An Improvised Attempt to Understand Social Transformations in Amman: “urbane” behavior in a city that is not a city

An exclusive excerpt from the new bilingual Arabic-English book "Waking Up to My Distorted City" by Hisham Bustani...

5 NOVEMBER 2023 • By Hisham Bustani, Addie Leak
“Supplication”—a short story by Hisham Bustani

“Supplication”—a short story by Hisham Bustani

In Hisham Bustani’s new short story, one man’s religious nightmare brings him face to face with an unlikely...

1 OCTOBER 2023 • By Hisham Bustani, Thoraya El-Rayyes
“Intellectuals”—fiction from Hisham Bustani

“Intellectuals”—fiction from Hisham Bustani

From the fabulous — some would say surreal — Jordanian storyteller who gave us "The Monotonous Chaos of...

15 JUNE 2022 • By Hisham Bustani
Settling: Towards an Arabic translation of the English word “Home”

Settling: Towards an Arabic translation of the English word “Home”

Hisham Bustani meditates on the asylum seeker's struggle to find a place to call home.

15 JANUARY 2022 • By Hisham Bustani, Alice Guthrie
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