Featured Artists: “Barred From Home”
Refugee camps, control, and dispossessed lives by artists Heba Tannous, Mahmoud Alhaj, Tayseer Barakat, Alaa Albaba, and photographer Iason Athnasiadis.
Palestinian
“WE” and “4978 and One Nights” by Ghayath Almadhoun
A Syrian and Swedish poet of Palestinian heritage, Ghayath Almadhoun lives between Stockhold and Berlin.
A Student’s Tribute to Refaat Alareer, Gaza’s Beloved Storyteller
Killed in Gaza by the Israeli military, Refaat Alareer's spirit and words continue to live on in his students, writes Yousef M. Al Jamal.
Open Letter: On Being Palestinian and Publishing Poetry in the US
Bethlehem-born poet Ahmad Almallah describes his trials and tribulations getting published in English in the United States.
Bound Together: My Longings for Ishmael
Albert Swissa reminds us that Isaac had a brother who was expelled and erased, with his mother Hagar, from the house of his father.
Arab American Teens Come of Age in Nayra and the Djinn
Katie Logan reviews a graphic novel that blends the real world with the fantastical in a coming of age journey.
Jenin’s Freedom Theatre Survives Another Assault
Hadani Ditmars reports on a legendary Palestinian theatre in Jenin that has nine lives and gives hope to the refugee camp's youth.
“Mother Remembered”—Fiction by Samir El-Youssef
Palestinian writer Samir El-Youssef, born in a refugee camp, tells the story of his family's uprooting from Lebanon.
From “Anahita” to Ÿuma, Festival Arabesques Dazzles Thousands
Writing from Montpellier, Angélique Crux highlights four musical performances in a Middle Eastern arts festival that has no equal in Europe.
After Marriage, Single Arab American Woman Looks for Love
Eman Quotah reviews the new poetry collection by Jordanian Palestinian American author Laila Halaby.
Between Illness and Exile in “Head Above Water”
Tugrul Mende reviews Shadh Alshammari's brave account of fighting MS and abelism.
“Disappearance/Muteness”—Tales from a Life in Translation
A writer born into both Arabic and Hebrew linguistic traditions finds herself writing in English but longing for Arabic.
Poems of Palestinian Motherhood, Loss, Desire and Hope
Eman Quotah reviews the new poetry collection from Palestinian poet Maya Abu-Alhayyat, translated by Fady Joudah.
Steve Sabella: Excerpts from “The Parachute Paradox”
In these stories from his impassioned memoir, Steve Sabella works to decolonize the mind and liberate his identity.
On the Streets of Santiago: a Culture of Wine and Empanadas
Contributing editor Francisco Letelier writes from the streets of Chile's capital where the future is just beginning.