Rich and Poor People—fiction by Farah Ahamed
After her controlling husband dies, a wealthy woman obsesses over the neighborhood crows until her maid decides to take matters into her own hands.
After her controlling husband dies, a wealthy woman obsesses over the neighborhood crows until her maid decides to take matters into her own hands.
Deborah Kapchan's introspection on belonging and faith on attending the first officially recognized Jewish wedding in the United Arab Emirates.
Aliyeh Ataei's new story centers on a young woman exploring herself as a writer while choosing life in Paris.
An Afghan refugee, survivor of a shipwreck, washes up on the shores of southern France and applies for asylum in Montpellier.
In MK Harb's latest story, a man steps out of his home in Beirut after two years of living in isolation to a life-changing encounter.
Omid Arabian recounts the legend of the serpent king from Ferdowsi's epic "Shāhnameh," exploring human psychology and the roots of tyranny.
Nestled in the old Arab quarter of Granada lies a house with an exceptional Morisco history, the Carmen Aben Humeya.
In Salar Abdoh’s new short story, Iranian militias return from war to a life and country to which they have difficulty adjusting.
In Mai Al-Nakib’s new short story, a woman makes a Herculean effort to preserve the memory and artwork of her late husband.
Ahmed Awadalla’s new story reveals sexual pleasure and doubt in a bathhouse in Beirut.
Yussef El Guindi explores an anxious traveler's mind racing with thoughts of what to say as he faces border and customs control.
Can a crush on a teacher survive marriage, revolution, and a sinking, refugee dingy on the Mediterranean Sea?
In Rawand Issa's "Inside the Giant Fish," a girl looks for her lost memories on a beach that no longer exists.
Sometimes you have to escape everything you know in order to become yourself.
A fiction that celebrates the indomitable spirit of women who embrace their agency.