Fiction

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
“The Stranger”—a Short Story by Hany Ali Said

“The Stranger”—a Short Story by Hany Ali Said

Far from home, in inhospitable conditions, an unlikely friendship is struck.

2 APRIL 2023 • By Hany Ali Said
“The Icarist”—a short story by Omar El Akkad

“The Icarist”—a short story by Omar El Akkad

Novelist Omar El Akkad recounts a beguiling coming-of-age story set in Doha, where he grew up before the...

2 APRIL 2023 • By Omar El Akkad
“Raise Your Head High”—new fiction from Leila Aboulela

“Raise Your Head High”—new fiction from Leila Aboulela

Cairo-born novelist Leila Aboulela weaves the sad story of two sisters' alienation on the eve of the uprising...

5 MARCH 2023 • By Leila Aboulela
“Counter Strike”—a story by MK HARB

“Counter Strike”—a story by MK HARB

MK Harb, a writer from Beirut, remembers a tenuous sense of home as he searched for himself in...

5 MARCH 2023 • By MK Harb
“Mother Remembered”—Fiction by Samir El-Youssef

“Mother Remembered”—Fiction by Samir El-Youssef

Palestinian writer Samir El-Youssef, born in a refugee camp, tells the story of his family's uprooting from Lebanon.

5 MARCH 2023 • By Samir El-Youssef
“Holy Land”—short fiction from Asim Rizki

“Holy Land”—short fiction from Asim Rizki

Amal, a student who lives in a Palestinian refugee camp, takes up drama as an outlet for the...

27 FEBRUARY 2023 • By Asim Rizki
Fiction: Inaam Kachachi’s The Dispersal, or Tashari

Fiction: Inaam Kachachi’s The Dispersal, or Tashari

An excerpt from Inaan Kachachi's novel that laments the scattering of Iraqis across the world as a result...

5 FEBRUARY 2023 • By Inaam Kachachi
“The Truck to Berlin”—Fiction from Hassan Blasim

“The Truck to Berlin”—Fiction from Hassan Blasim

This bleak and hyper real short story by Hassan Blasim is reminiscent of Ghassan Kanafani's novella "Men in the...

5 FEBRUARY 2023 • By Hassan Blasim
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