Fiction

Nektaria Anastasiadou: “Gold in Taksim Square”

Nektaria Anastasiadou: “Gold in Taksim Square”

The novelist behind "A Recipe for Daphne" returns to multicultural Istanbul to write about love and death amongst...

15 JUNE 2022 • By Nektaria Anastasiadou
Dima Mikhayel Matta: “This Text Is a Very Lonely Document”

Dima Mikhayel Matta: “This Text Is a Very Lonely Document”

A bold excerpt from the new Saqi anthology, "This Arab is Queer," in which a non-binary person from...

15 JUNE 2022 • By Karén Jallatyan
Lisa Teasley: “Death is Beautiful”

Lisa Teasley: “Death is Beautiful”

Should we be happy we're finite? Lisa Teasley weaves a tale merging art, transhumanists and artificial intelligence.

15 JUNE 2022 • By Taline Voskeritchian
Bakhtiyar Ali: “The Prisoner and the Plague”

Bakhtiyar Ali: “The Prisoner and the Plague”

From one of the most prominent contemporary authors and poets from Iraqi Kurdistan comes an unforgettable tale of...

15 JUNE 2022 • By Bakytiyar Ali
Selma Dabbagh: “Trash”

Selma Dabbagh: “Trash”

A short story of international love from the author of the Gaza novel "Out of It."

15 JUNE 2022 • By Claudia Wiens
“Buenos Aires of Her Eyes”—a story by Alireza Iranmehr

“Buenos Aires of Her Eyes”—a story by Alireza Iranmehr

One of contemporary Iran's best storytellers conjures a tale of octogenarian love in a Nabokovian mode.

15 JUNE 2022 • By Alireza Iranmehr
“The Salamander”—fiction from Sarah AlKahly-Mills

“The Salamander”—fiction from Sarah AlKahly-Mills

In this magical tale set in Lebanon and on a mysterious Mediterranean island, people dream of escape while...

15 JUNE 2022 • By Sarah AlKahly-Mills
Karim Kattan: “The Gravedigger”

Karim Kattan: “The Gravedigger”

The trilingual Palestinian novelist and short story writer weaves an engaging tale of love, death and redemption.

15 JUNE 2022 • By Karim Kattan
Hawra Al-Nadawi: “Tuesday and the Green Movement”

Hawra Al-Nadawi: “Tuesday and the Green Movement”

Translator Alice Guthrie shares a preview of Al-Nadawi's exquisite 2017 novel "Qismet," a Kurdish story set in Iraq...

15 JUNE 2022 • By Hawra Al-Nadawi
“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
“The Suffering Mother of the Whole World”—a story by Amany Kamal Eldin

“The Suffering Mother of the Whole World”—a story by Amany Kamal Eldin

A wayward daughter leaves Boston to spend a summer back home in Cairo, where she observes the decline...

15 JUNE 2022 • By Amany Kamal Eldin
Fiction: “A Day in the Life of a Married Man”

Fiction: “A Day in the Life of a Married Man”

A tale of conjugal love from the first complete story collection in English by Moroccan writer and cult...

15 MARCH 2022 • By Malika Moustadraf
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