Areej Gamal's translated short story from Egypt depicts a potted plant and forbidden love that become intertwined, with...
3 MAY 2024 • By Areej Gamal
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
In the aftermath of a long war, a man in Iran searches for meaning, hopes for love, and...
4 FEBRUARY 2024 • By Salar Abdoh
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
There are some long, languid and even dangerous summers that Beirutis can never forget, and this is one...
3 DECEMBER 2023 • By MK Harb
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
Recycling violence, a fighting droid wants to leave a dystopian world of mechanized blood sports, but a human...
3 DECEMBER 2023 • By May Haddad
A short story by Jordanian writer Fadi Zaghout in which a traditional Jordanian "Jaha" ceremony takes place in...
3 DECEMBER 2023 • By Fadi Zaghmout
A selfish loser walks away from wasta and the Za’im' nefarious agenda he created and instrumentalized in this...
3 DECEMBER 2023 • By Youssef Manessa
