Regarded internationally as one of Turkey’s greatest writers, Oğuz Atay (1934-1977) remains largely untranslated into English.
3 MAY 2024 • By Ralph Hubbell
Joumana Haddad's short story delves into a woman's lifelong journey of navigating her relationship with the hijab.
26 APRIL 2024 • By Joumana Haddad
With tarot cards and a recipe for pickled turnips, Beirutis bid farewell to yet another friend leaving on...
1 APRIL 2024 • By MK Harb
Bonfire of the vanities: A second-rate artist imagines the prophets and the grand, holy tales of monotheism.
3 MARCH 2024 • By Mohammad Rabie
A few entries on a genocidal map...A walk in the Valley of Death that is the war on...
3 MARCH 2024 • By Faris Lounis
When Mehreen and Asma compare notes, they realize they are still not unfettered lovers.
4 FEBRUARY 2024 • By Farah Ahamed
Amy Omar explores her own Turkish American identity while relating to Turkish American writer Inci Atrek and her...
29 JANUARY 2024 • By Amy Omar
In a translated tale from Palestine’s first lady of short stories, the newest technology exacts a toll on...
15 JANUARY 2024 • By Samira Azzam
After the war, a few scant survivors become one with the elements, and one takes to writing down...
3 DECEMBER 2023 • By Mansoura Ez-Eldin
In this short story by Egyptian writer Ahmed Salah Al-Mahdi, translated from Arabic, a man contends with his...
3 DECEMBER 2023 • By Ahmed Salah Al-Mahdi
In this short story by Maryam Mahjoba, a teacher from Japan travels to Afghanistan to teach at a...
3 DECEMBER 2023 • By Maryam Mahjoba
As this writer from Khuzestan remembers, the long Iran-Iraq war left many traces, names and ghosts in its...
3 DECEMBER 2023 • By Maryam Haidari
