Cory Oldweiler reviews three novellas by Bethlehem born and raised, Ramallah-based poet and writer Ghassan Zaqtan.
13 NOVEMBER 2023 • By Cory OldweilerIn which a woman ponders the fate of the individuals who left behind their garments, now long forgotten,...
5 NOVEMBER 2023 • By Salah BadisA Cypriot writer's story about a forgotten child in an abandoned town the writer looked on to from...
5 NOVEMBER 2023 • By Salamis Aysegul Sentug TugyanA Kurdish boy in Sulemani province in northern Iraq, near the Iranian border, would do anything to own...
23 OCTOBER 2023 • By Diary MarifPoet and novelist Joumana Haddad tells the true story of a refugee from Aleppo who winds up on...
9 OCTOBER 2023 • By Joumana HaddadSalar Abdoh reports from Tehran on the beauty and complexity of Iranian literature that thrives despite warring factions.
1 OCTOBER 2023 • By Salar AbdohIn Farah Ahamed's latest satire, one man's misunderstood greatness drives him to take preposterous action.
1 OCTOBER 2023 • By Farah AhamedIn Hisham Bustani’s new short story, one man’s religious nightmare brings him face to face with an unlikely...
1 OCTOBER 2023 • By Hisham BustaniCaught between Beirut and a town in the Californian desert, Buthayna searches for the meaning amid life’s absurdities.
1 OCTOBER 2023 • By Dina Abou SalemMichael Scott Moore channels veteran experiences through a wily cat as an Iraq war vet tries to readapt...
11 SEPTEMBER 2023 • By Michael Scott MooreMalu Halasa's story takes place on one day in the life of the family patriarch who confronts memories...
3 SEPTEMBER 2023 • By Malu HalasaIn Ahmed Isselmou's short story, a Mauritanian man struggles to maintain his resilience and perseverance in the face...
3 SEPTEMBER 2023 • By Ahmed Isselmou