2021

when mama asks to alter a jalabiya at the tailor’s

"Being, Oman 2015" by Ranya Hajjar knotthere is a place in the outskirts of the neighborhoodan indian tailor …

Jood AlThukairMay 27, 2021

QASIDA OF MELTED WAX

"Liminal Access II" by Farah Azrak Almond blossoms reaching in the night asrudder to your boat filled with ghazals. Beyondthis…

Shadab Zeest HashmiApril 28, 2021

Short Stories | قصص قصيرة

BLIND SPOT

"No Turning Back" by Maya Alameddine The trunk of Mama's car is dark, darker than everything, like the only blind…

Mai SerhanApril 21, 2021

Photography | تصوير

DANCES WITH FLOWERS

Jana KhouryApril 15, 2021

Comics | قصص مصورة

DOUBLE THE JOURNEY

My ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) leaves me in two completely opposite worlds. I travel between these two worlds on…

Dana Al AssirApril 12, 2021

Poetry | شعر

CACTUS AT NIGHT CITY

"Dances with Flowers" by Jana Khoury Night city skylinein the elevated blue blurof concrete pots Stored, engorgedwith succulence,in empty space,…

Mario JamalApril 9, 2021

Gouache Ink powdered bullet shells on paper

GIVE ME YOUR GUTS

Omid ShekariApril 5, 2021

Non-Fiction

THE BLAST

"Give Me Your Guts" by Omid Shekari I was sitting with my family when the floor of our apartment rocked…

Eveline HittiApril 5, 2021

Poetry | شعر

BETWEEN SUNSETS

Photograph by Lujain Jo The sun in Abu Dhabi returns to her pink bed behind the sea;in the background, a…

Sami MahroumApril 2, 2021

Short Stories | قصص قصيرة Translations | ترجمات

FLOWERS DON’T BURN

"Woods" by Yusra Scott By Haifa Abu Al-Nadi, translated from the Arabic by Madeline Edwards. Umm Muhammad's black abaya speaks…

Madeline Edwards and Haifa Abu Al-NadiMarch 23, 2021