Fiction

“Tattoos,” an excerpt from Karima Ahdad’s Amazigh-Moroccan novel “Cactus Girls”

“Tattoos,” an excerpt from Karima Ahdad’s Amazigh-Moroccan novel “Cactus Girls”

In this excerpt from the Amazigh-Moroccan novel "Cactus Girls" by Karima Ahdad, a fierce small-town girl from the...

15 SEPTEMBER 2021 • By Monique El-Faizy
“The Location of the Soul According to Benyamin Alhadeff”—a story by Nektaria Anastasiadou

“The Location of the Soul According to Benyamin Alhadeff”—a story by Nektaria Anastasiadou

Nektaria Anastasiadou weaves a rich tale of thwarted love between Sephardic and Rum residents of Istanbul.

15 SEPTEMBER 2021 • By Nektaria Anastasiadou
Gazan Skies, from the novel “Out of It”

Gazan Skies, from the novel “Out of It”

There are times when you can think of little else but escaping your present reality, as Rashid does...

14 JULY 2021 • By Claudia Wiens
“Pakistani Bureaucrats & The Booze Permit”—a story by Tariq Mehmood

“Pakistani Bureaucrats & The Booze Permit”—a story by Tariq Mehmood

Novelist and filmmaker Tariq Mehmood weaves a tale of wasta, women and booze in Rawalpindi.

14 JUNE 2021 • By Tariq Mehmood
A Home Across the Azure Sea

A Home Across the Azure Sea

We accompany a family fleeing civil war for safe harbor, in a short story by Aida Y. Haddad.

14 MAY 2021 • By Todd Miller
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