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Category: Fiction

5 February, 2023 • Inaam Kachachi

Fiction: Inaam Kachachi’s The Dispersal, or Tashari

An excerpt from Inaan Kachachi's novel that laments the scattering of Iraqis across the world as a result of war and political oppression.

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5 February, 2023 • Hassan Blasim

“The Truck to Berlin”—Fiction from Hassan Blasim

This bleak and hyper real short story by Hassan Blasim is reminiscent of Ghassan Kanafani's novella "Men in the Sun."

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15 December, 2022 • Sarah AlKahly-Mills

Broken Glass, a short story

When the society surrounding them begins to break down, a Beiruti family's troubles echo the macrocosm.

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15 December, 2022 • Nektaria Anastasiadou

Beautiful Freedom For Sale, a short story

A Greek fisherman has to turn the corner on his lifelong passion, freeing himself from his past.

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15 November, 2022 • Karim Kattan

“Eleazar”—a short story by Karim Kattan

A family mysteriously disintegrates while violence permeates the valley in which they reside.

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15 October, 2022 • Farah Ahamed

Anarkali, or Six Early Deaths in Lahore—fiction by Farah Ahamed

Farah Ahamed finds in the unsung working class Anarkali a heroine for the ages.

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15 October, 2022 • khulud khamis

Courage and Conviction—short short fiction from khulud khamis

In too many places around the world, the public space still belongs to men, and women often find themselves having to navigate their space.

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15 October, 2022 • May Haddad

“Ride On, Shooting Star”—fiction from May Haddad

In May Haddad's short story, Carna’ is a spacefaring mail carrier fed up with working for the Universal Courier Service who journeys to the edge of the universe.

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15 October, 2022 • Abdellah Taïa

“Malika,” an excerpt from Abdellah Taïa’s Vivre à ta lumìere

In this excerpt from a chapter in his latest novel in French, Abdellah Taïa pays homage to his mother, his favorite heroine.

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15 September, 2022 • Ahmed Awny, Rana Asfour

“What Are You Doing in Berlin?”—a short story by Ahmed Awny

Egyptian writer Ahmed Awny divigates between fiction and reality in this decentering short story.

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15 September, 2022 • Shada Mustafa

Paranoid in Berlin: a short story by Shada Mustafa

Shada Mustafa, author of the novel "Things I Left Behind," negotiates Berlin from a recent immigrant's vantage point.

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15 September, 2022 • Ahmed Awadalla

“Another German”—a short story by Ahmed Awadalla

An Egyptian refugee in Berlin, longing for a home of his own, hopes love is around the corner.

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