Translating from the Arabic
Three Cafés and Two Restaurants
“When I was a girl, my life was music that was always getting louder. Everything moved me. A dog following…
Van #4: Hay el Seloum to Hamra
منامٌ يأكلُ يدَه
"التشخيص: بنيان بسيكولوجي ديبريسيف، مع ميول للهستيريا". قالت آنّا لينداو في الجلسة الأخيرة. يومها جلبت معي الكتاب الذي أعارتني اياه…
Chaza CharafeddineJuly 21, 2019
A Dream Devouring Itself
by Chaza Charafeddine, translated from the arabic by Lina Mounzer “Diagnosis: a depressive psychological structure with hysterical tendencies,” said Anna…
Lina MounzerJuly 17, 2019
Cocoon
She is standing outside the hospital doors, clutching at the skin of her abdomen. She bends down to retch. The…
Thurayya ZreikJuly 17, 2019
Toward the Valley
I know Hened’s face. She’s looking at me: her eyes like pickled eggs, her pointy nose and thinning eyebrows magnified…
Mirene ArsaniosJuly 12, 2019
A Revolutionary Bite
Christy scampered up the stairs of her front porch. Her long, frizzy black hair trailed behind her like her very…
Salwa MansourJuly 12, 2019
XX
She painfully lifted her head up from the wooden table it had clumsily landed on a few hours ago, and…
Christy ChoueiriJuly 11, 2019
Remains of a tavern
by Abu Nuwas, translated from the Arabic by Alex Rowell To the abandoned remains of a Drinking house they set…
Alex RowellJuly 11, 2019
