TMR 43 • Summer Fiction ’24

The Mourning Diaries of Atash Shakarami

The Mourning Diaries of Atash Shakarami

The diaries provide a complex double-layered narrative of Nika as a victim of regime brutality, and of Atrash...

JULY 5, 2024 • By Poupeh Missaghi
“A Blind Window on Childhood”—a short story by Hamoud Saud

“A Blind Window on Childhood”—a short story by Hamoud Saud

Omani writer Hamoud Saud’s short story “A Blind Window on Childhood” translated from Arabic by Zia Ahmed, reveals...

JULY 5, 2024 • By Hamoud Saud
“Ten-Armed Gods”—a short story by Odai Al Zoubi

“Ten-Armed Gods”—a short story by Odai Al Zoubi

In a stream of consciousness short story by Odai Al Zoubi, a minister under investigation in the Syrian...

JULY 5, 2024 • By Odai Al Zoubi
“The Lakshmi of Suburbia”—a story by Natasha Tynes

“The Lakshmi of Suburbia”—a story by Natasha Tynes

In Natasha Tynes’ new short story, “The Lakshmi of Suburbia,” an unhappy wife falls in love with herself...

JULY 5, 2024 • By Natasha Tynes
“The Cockroaches”—flash fiction

“The Cockroaches”—flash fiction

In the violence of the Gaza war, a love that dares not speak its name blossoms at a...

JULY 5, 2024 • By Stanko Uyi Srsen
“Keeping Up”—fiction from Mohamed Farag

“Keeping Up”—fiction from Mohamed Farag

The more things change, the more they become strange, or so finds the confused narrator of this Kafkaesque...

JULY 5, 2024 • By Mohamed Farag
“The Doll with the Purple Scarf”—flash fiction from Diaa Jubaili

“The Doll with the Purple Scarf”—flash fiction from Diaa Jubaili

Iraqi novelist Diaa Jubaili's short story, translated by Chip Rossetti, portrays dolls as unlikely victims of life under...

JULY 5, 2024 • By Diaa Jubaili
The Butcher’s Assistant—a true story set in Alexandria

The Butcher’s Assistant—a true story set in Alexandria

While studying abroad in Alexandria, Bel Parker becomes a butcher's apprentice to immerse herself in the local language...

JULY 5, 2024 • By Bel Parker
“Certainty”—a short story by Nora Nagi

“Certainty”—a short story by Nora Nagi

In this latest story by Nora Nagi, an Egyptian woman trapped in a loveless marriage far from home...

JULY 5, 2024 • By Nora Nagi
“We Danced”—a story by MK Harb

“We Danced”—a story by MK Harb

In exercises to “release your inner child,” meditation, or psychotherapy, Beirutis search for mental and physical relief, in...

JULY 5, 2024 • By MK Harb
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