New Poetry: Doha Kahlout’s ‘Goodbye, War…’
Goodbye, War… By Doha Kahlout I will return without you, war— I will cut my nails stained by the black of fire and by bitter alienation, and I will let […]
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Posts by Marcia Lynx Qualey:
‘Texts That Survived the Ashes’: By Ahmed Naji
This essay, by acclaimed Egyptian novelist and memoirist Ahmed Naji, serves as the introduction to the 2025 collection Imprisoning a Revolution: Writings from Egypt’s Incarcerated, edited by Collective Antigone. The […]
‘Reading is a Lifestyle’: By Flash Fiction Finalist Emad Saad
Syrian writer Emad Saad was a finalist for the 2024 prize with his story “Bird with a Broken Wing” (طائر بجناح مكسور). This project is funded by the British Council’s Beyond Literature Borders programme corun by Speaking Volumes Live Literature Productions.
From ‘The Many Lives of Ibrahim Nagui’
It’s publication day for Samia Mehrez’s The Many Lives of Ibrahim Nagui: A Journey with My Grandfather, translated to English by Eleanor Ellis. This excerpt, from the chapter “Houma and […]
‘Grief, a Wolf,’: New Poetry by Olivia Elias
Grief, a Wolf, December 31, 2024, by Olivia Elias, translated from French by Jérémy Victor Robert * in these barbaric times….I live like a sick person forced to save […]
‘When the Genocide is Over’: New Poetry by Basman Eldirawi
When the Genocide is Over By Basman Eldirawi When the genocide is over I’ll walk on tiptoe Searching for my friends’ graves Thinking of words to write for Eman, Ouda, […]
‘Christ in Dishna’: Short Fiction by Ihsan Abdel Kouddous
Editor’s note: Dishna is an Egyptian village in Qena governorate, near Luxor, on the north bank of the river Nile. This short story, by the towering twentieth-century writer Ihsan Abdel […]
What Do Gazans Read During War?
This is the start of what we hope will be a series of pieces by poet and journalist Husam Maarouf on reading, writing, and publishing in Gaza. By Husam Maarouf […]
Almultaqa Prize for the Arabic Short Story Announces 2025 Shortlist
JANUARY 15, 2025 — The Kuwait-based Almultaqa Prize for the Arabic Short Story today announced its five-book longlist, which comprises short-story collections by writers from five Arab countries. They are: […]