‘A Bird with Wings of Fire’: Nasir Abdullah
This essay, written by poet Nasir Abdullah in the fall of 2024, carves out the difficulties of being separated from family during genocide. A Bird with Wings of Fire By […]
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Maya Abu al-Hayyat on Absent Mothers, the End of Love, and Palestinian Liberation
By Layla Faraj The Palestinian poet, editor novelist, and picture-book author Maya Abu al-Hayyat has seen several books arrive in English translation in recent years, including the poetry collection You […]
Remembering Iraqi Novelist Mahmoud Saeed
FEBRUARY 4, 2025 — Prolific Iraqi novelist Mahmoud Saeed, who moved to Chicago in 1999 but continued to write about Iraq throughout his life, often boldly, died last week after […]
From Zahran Alqasmi’s ‘Honey Hunger’
Editor’s note: There are two redemptive keystones in the life of our protagonist, Azzan, during the course of Honey Hunger, a novel published today by AUC Press’s Hoopoe Fiction imprint. […]
New Poetry: Nour Balousha’s ‘Feet Unable to Arrive’
Nour Balousha’s “Feet Unable to Arrive” appears in the new anthology from Trace Press, Arabic, between Love and War, edited by Norah Alkharashi & Yasmine Haj, and is reprinted here […]
Flash Fiction Questionnaire: With Doha Saleh
Egyptian writer Doha Saleh was a finalist for the 2024 prize with her story “Mercy Killing!” (!قتلٌ رحيم). This project is funded by the British Council’s Beyond Literature Borders programme corun by Speaking Volumes Live Literature Productions.
‘The Noose Boy’: Short Fiction by Rawaa Sonbol
Four of Rawaa Sonbol’s short stories were included in the recent wide-ranging collection of contemporary Syrian literature, Aftershocks, edited by Alia Malek and published by McSweeney’s last December. All four […]
Rawaa Sonbol on Being a Writer in Syria Today
Rawaa Sonbol is a Syrian author of short fiction, theater, and children’s literature. She has published three short story collections: The Tongue Hunter (2017), which received the Sharjah Award for […]
On Post-War Writing, Women’s Stories, and Translation: A Talk with Iman Humaydan
Iman Humaydan is a Lebanese writer, researcher, and academic. She is the cofounder of PEN Lebanon and was its president between 2015 and 2023. She was also a board member of PEN […]