“The Last Third of the Night”—a story by Dia Barghouti
A woman invited to a wedding wants to leave her house and return, but only if she can be certain of the return.
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Darius Atefat-Peckham: Three Poems
Darius Atefat-Peckham’s debut poetry collection, "Book of Kin," follows a boy’s coming of age in the aftermath of a car accident.
“Deferred Sorrow”—fiction from Haidar Al Ghazali
In Haidar Al Ghazali's short story, a Palestinian father during the war on Gaza makes an impossible choice.
Messages From Gaza Now
A Gazan theatre artist, constantly endangered by the onslaught of Israeli planes, drones and bombs, writes from the heart of the matter.
In Praise of Khaled Khalifa—Friend, Artist, Humanist
Robin Yassin-Kassab pays tribute to late Syrian writer and humanist Khaled Khalifa, who died at the age of 59.
Death is a Traitor: Living the Morocco Earthquake from the US
Moroccan Amazigh scholar Brahim El Guabli learned that his family in Ouarzazate lost their home in the earthquake that hit Friday night.
Two Poems, Practicing Absence & At the Airport—Sholeh Wolpé
In her memoir in verse, a poet recounts a day in the life at the cemetery, and a day in the life at the airport.
Three Poems from Pantea Amin Tofangchi’s Glazed With War
Pantea Amin Tofangchi grew up in poetry, war, death, conflict, beauty, hatred, love, and censorship all at the same time. She was eight when the Iran‑Iraq War started and in… Continue reading Three Poems from Pantea Amin Tofangchi’s Glazed With War
The Light at the End of the Tunnel
A moving testimony to life, death, and the human condition by an Egyptian journalist who was blessed, and cursed.
Three Poems by Elena Karina Byrne
The poet presents three poems from her fifth collection, If This Makes You Nervous.
Where to Now, Ya Asfoura?—a story by Sarah AlKahly-Mills
You can run from grief and death until you lose your mind, but life is reserved for those who fight for it.
Karim Kattan: “The Gravedigger”
The trilingual Palestinian novelist and short story writer weaves an engaging tale of love, death and redemption.