In a house shaped by war, a child’s question about a mysterious plant opens onto something far more...
8 MAY 2026 • By Erfan Mojib
The relationship between a lonely man and his eccentric cleaner blurs into something more intimate and ambiguous.
8 MAY 2026 • By Nur Turkmani
A simple debate over a spoon opens a space in which a group of Syrian migrants reclaim an...
6 MARCH 2026 • By Zeinab Ghassan Khaddour
Danger looms over this story, set in pre-Nakba Palestine, as a mother, distrustful of a foreigner's presence, tends...
30 JANUARY 2026 • By Sahar Mustafah
In this short story translated from Persian, an ordinary day swiftly — and brutally — changes course.
5 DECEMBER 2025 • By Abdollah Nazari
A bombing in Gaza destroys an entire family except for the protagonist of the short story and his...
1 NOVEMBER 2024 • By Ghassan Ghassan
Areej Gamal's translated short story from Egypt depicts a potted plant and forbidden love that become intertwined, with...
3 MAY 2024 • By Areej Gamal
In this short story translated from Kurdish for the first time, a young man discovers that his discomfort...
3 SEPTEMBER 2023 • By Hussein Arif
A shrewd businesswoman runs a matchmaking agency in Amman that finds brides for male clients based on a...
2 JULY 2023 • By Natasha Tynes
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
After her controlling husband dies, a wealthy woman obsesses over the neighborhood crows until her maid decides to...
2 JULY 2023 • By Farah Ahamed
Aliyeh Ataei's new story centers on a young woman exploring herself as a writer while choosing life in...
2 JULY 2023 • By Aliyeh Ataei
