Fiction

The Ship No One Wanted—a story by Hassan Abdulrazak

The Ship No One Wanted—a story by Hassan Abdulrazak

Can a crush on a teacher survive marriage, revolution, and a sinking, refugee dingy on the Mediterranean Sea?

2 JULY 2023 • By Hassan Abdulrazzak
“Nadira of Tlemcen”—fiction from Abdellah Taïa

“Nadira of Tlemcen”—fiction from Abdellah Taïa

Sometimes you have to escape everything you know in order to become yourself.

2 JULY 2023 • By Abdellah Taïa
Naar, Are You illuminated?

Naar, Are You illuminated?

A fiction that celebrates the indomitable spirit of women who embrace their agency.

2 JULY 2023 • By Bint Magdaliyya
Abortion Tale: On Our Ground

Abortion Tale: On Our Ground

In Ghadeer Ahmed's latest story, three women with no abortion rights refuse to be victims of exploitation and...

2 JULY 2023 • By Ghadeer Ahmed
On Ice—fiction from Malu Halasa

On Ice—fiction from Malu Halasa

In an excerpt from an unpublished novella by Malu Halasa, ice skating in the desert is more than...

2 JULY 2023 • By Malu Halasa
Hayat and the Rain—fiction from Mona Alshammari

Hayat and the Rain—fiction from Mona Alshammari

The power of the imagination may not be enough to save a young girl’s hopes when faced with...

2 JULY 2023 • By Mona Al-Shammari
Tears from a Glass Eye—a story by Samira Azzam

Tears from a Glass Eye—a story by Samira Azzam

Samira Azzam was a Palestinian short story writer whose work influenced her more famous successor, Ghassan Kanafani.

2 JULY 2023 • By Samira Azzam
Genesis and East Cairo—fiction from Shady Lewis Botros

Genesis and East Cairo—fiction from Shady Lewis Botros

In this excerpt from Shady Lewis Botros' latest novel, a child’s innocent counting game masks a disturbing reality.

2 JULY 2023 • By Shady Lewis Botros
Deniz Goran’s New Novel Contrasts Art and the Gezi Park Protests

Deniz Goran’s New Novel Contrasts Art and the Gezi Park Protests

A novel about "toxic authoritarianism" and how it has shaped the lives of countless young persons in Turkey,...

19 JUNE 2023 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
Fiction: An Excerpt from Fadi Zaghmout’s Hope On Earth

Fiction: An Excerpt from Fadi Zaghmout’s Hope On Earth

In a dystopian world, thanks to AI, people no longer die because they can be upgraded to better...

4 JUNE 2023 • By Fadi Zaghmout
Immigrants in Houston: Fiction From Anis Shivani’s Patel Mart

Immigrants in Houston: Fiction From Anis Shivani’s Patel Mart

Novelist Anis Shivani has lived in Houston for more than a decade and sets his upcoming novel amongst...

1 MAY 2023 • By Anis Shivani
Short Fiction: By Mistake/On the Bus to Work

Short Fiction: By Mistake/On the Bus to Work

If I hadn’t seen you, I might have forgotten all the wrongs of this world that belong to...

1 MAY 2023 • By Salamis Aysegul Sentug Tugyan
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