Sonnet Mondal: Three Poems
Celebrated Indian poet Sonnet Mondal presents work from his Copper Coin collection "An Afternoon in My Mind."
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Maya Abu Al-Hayyat’s Defiant Exploration of Palestinian Life
Zahra Hankir reviews Hazem Jamjoum's English translation of Palestinian novelist Maya Abu Al-Hayyat's novel "No One Knows Their Blood Type."
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.
Birth in a Poem: Maram Al-Masri’s The Abduction
When a mother loses her child she can become inconsolable, living a desolate life, as she works for his return.
On The Anthropologists—an interview with Aysegül Savas
Amy Omar speaks to Ayşegül Savaş about her third novel, cinema and capturing the transitory phases of life.
Excerpt from The Anthropologists by Ayşegül Savaş
In her new novel, much like an anthropologist, Ayşegül Savaş explores how people live, love and set down roots in a new country.
What Kind Of Liar Am I?—a Short Play
An original short play by playwright and theatre maker Mona Mansour: "a short, dark confession in a time of catastrophe."
Two Poems from Maram Al-Masri
Syrian poet in Paris presents two poems in Hélène Cardona's translation from the French from "The Abduction."
A Treatise on Love
When disaster strikes Maryam Haidari between Tunis and Tehran, the past seven years of her life as a poet, writer and translator are thrown into stark relief.
The Day My Life Ended, It Began
What could have been the end of life was instead a milestone that led to the writer's greatest epiphany.
A Day in the Life: Cairo
The writer's visit to a Cairo internet store to renew her internet service proves to be an out of body experience.
“Nadira of Tlemcen”—fiction from Abdellah Taïa
Sometimes you have to escape everything you know in order to become yourself.
“Raise Your Head High”—new fiction from Leila Aboulela
Cairo-born novelist Leila Aboulela weaves the sad story of two sisters' alienation on the eve of the uprising in Tahrir Square.
Big Laleh, Little Laleh—memoir by Shokouh Moghimi
Who knows what drives anyone mad? For a sister who loves her big sister and emulates her, the mystery will perhaps never be resolved.
Libyan, Palestinian and Syrian Family Dinners in London
London-based journalist Layla Maghribi recalls her family dinners in Libyan, Palestinian and Syrian culinary traditions.