“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.
One of contemporary Iran's best storytellers conjures a tale of octogenarian love in a Nabokovian mode.
In this magical tale set in Lebanon and on a mysterious Mediterranean island, people dream of escape while a biologist seeks an elusive salamander.
The trilingual Palestinian novelist and short story writer weaves an engaging tale of love, death and redemption.
Translator Alice Guthrie shares a preview of Al-Nadawi's exquisite 2017 novel "Qismet," a Kurdish story set in Iraq and Iran.
From the fabulous — some would say surreal — Jordanian storyteller who gave us "The Monotonous Chaos of Existence."
A wayward daughter leaves Boston to spend a summer back home in Cairo, where she observes the decline of her once prominent family.