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During one of the great lockdowns of 2020, I finally convinced my mother to sit down after a long day…

Maya AyacheAugust 27, 2021

Poetry | شعر

you spend years wondering if thisis the soil you want to shoulder,the soil you want to be shouldered by. the…

**Trigger Warning-the audio piece includes sounds that may be distressing** *Credit: Tile Photograph by Malak Jaafar

Tamara SaadeAugust 23, 2021

البحر لوحةٌ، واسع وهادئ كأنّ لا موج فيه. كل شيء يتحرّك من حوله إلّا هو. لكنّي أشعر بكل نسمة…

Photograph by Margaux Chalancon i. We're picking out a name for you again. Shamsah, Badiʿat Al-Jameel, Ashaʿ, Siʿlat. We tussle…

HashemAugust 17, 2021

There's a blackhead on my chin. I probe it every morning. I poke; I prod; I nudge; it won't…

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