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Don’t Ask me to Reveal my Lover’s Name لا تسألوني ما اسمهُ حبيبي

Don’t Ask me to Reveal my Lover’s Name لا تسألوني ما اسمهُ حبيبي

Mohammad Shawky Hassan reflects on the original story that informed the making of "Shall I Compare You to...

4 FEBRUARY 2024 • By Mohammad Shawky Hassan
Four Poems by Alaa Hassanien from The Love That Doubles Loneliness

Four Poems by Alaa Hassanien from The Love That Doubles Loneliness

Emotions of modern romance are found in Alaa Hasanin’s "The Love That Doubles Loneliness," translated from Arabic by...

4 FEBRUARY 2024 • By Alaa Hassanien
Sarah Ghazal Ali: “Apotheosis,” “Mother of Nations” & “Sarai”

Sarah Ghazal Ali: “Apotheosis,” “Mother of Nations” & “Sarai”

The young award-winning poet Sarah Ghazal Ali shares three poems from her book "Apotheosis" published by Alice James...

14 JANUARY 2024 • By Sarah Ghazal
What We Write About When We (Arabs) Write About Love

What We Write About When We (Arabs) Write About Love

Eman Quotah reviews a new anthology of love poems by Arab poets writing in English in the diaspora...

23 OCTOBER 2023 • By Eman Quotah
“Kill Yusuf”—a short story by Hisham Al-Najjar

“Kill Yusuf”—a short story by Hisham Al-Najjar

In a modern interpretation of Eros and Thanatos, "Kill Yusuf" reveals how thwarted love can lead to unexpected...

21 AUGUST 2023 • By Hisham Al-Najjar
Three Poems from Pantea Amin Tofangchi’s Glazed With War

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...

3 AUGUST 2023 • By Pantea Amin Tofangchi
We Saw Paris, Texas—a story by Ola Mustapha

We Saw Paris, Texas—a story by Ola Mustapha

In Ola Mustapha's new story, a man falls for the seduction of a film and it becomes the...

2 JULY 2023 • By Ola Mustapha
“The Burden of Inheritance”—fiction from Mai Al-Nakib

“The Burden of Inheritance”—fiction from Mai Al-Nakib

In Mai Al-Nakib’s new short story, a woman makes a Herculean effort to preserve the memory and artwork...

2 JULY 2023 • By Mai Al-Nakib
The Ship No One Wanted—a story by Hassan Abdulrazak

The Ship No One Wanted—a story by Hassan Abdulrazak

Can a crush on a teacher survive marriage, revolution, and a sinking, refugee dingy on the Mediterranean Sea?

2 JULY 2023 • By Hassan Abdulrazzak
“Nadira of Tlemcen”—fiction from Abdellah Taïa

“Nadira of Tlemcen”—fiction from Abdellah Taïa

Sometimes you have to escape everything you know in order to become yourself.

2 JULY 2023 • By Abdellah Taïa
Three Poems by Mona Kareem

Three Poems by Mona Kareem

Mona Kareem presents three poems from her new collection, I Will Not Fold These Maps, translated by Sara...

2 MAY 2023 • By Mona Kareem
TMR’s Multilingual Lexicon of Love for Valentine’s Day

TMR’s Multilingual Lexicon of Love for Valentine’s Day

Expressions of love in Arabic, Persian, Hebrew, Turkish and Kurdish, to give Valentine's Day a new meaning.

13 FEBRUARY 2023 • By TMR
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