Heartbreak and echoes, as a poet recalls the US invasion and occupation of her native Afghanistan, the death...
MAY 8, 2024 • By Sahar MuradiYoussef Rakha revisits his fascination with Sargon Boulos who managed to live out poetic Arabness in exile as...
MAY 3, 2024 • By Youssef RakhaSean Casey on a rather unusual and remarkable debut from Arthur Kayzakian that melds poetry, prose and correspondence.
FEBRUARY 4, 2024 • By Sean CaseyEmotions of modern romance are found in Alaa Hasanin’s "The Love That Doubles Loneliness," translated from Arabic by...
FEBRUARY 4, 2024 • By Alaa HassanienIn this short story by Maryam Mahjoba, a teacher from Japan travels to Afghanistan to teach at a...
DECEMBER 3, 2023 • By Maryam MahjobaHanan Eshaq is a young multimedia artist and poet from Yemen.
DECEMBER 3, 2023 • By Hanan EshaqPoetry Markaz presents Albanian poet Luljeta Lleshanaku with two poems from her latest book of poetry available in...
OCTOBER 11, 2023 • By Luljeta LleshanakuSalar Abdoh reports from Tehran on the beauty and complexity of Iranian literature that thrives despite warring factions.
OCTOBER 1, 2023 • By Salar AbdohIn her memoir in verse, a poet recounts a day in the life at the cemetery, and a...
SEPTEMBER 3, 2023 • By Sholeh WolpéBethlehem-born poet Ahmad Almallah describes his trials and tribulations getting published in English in the United States.
AUGUST 21, 2023 • By Ahmad Almallah