ALQ’s Fall 2022 issue with a focus on WEDDINGS is open for submissions until August 7.
Read moreNew Short Fiction: ‘The Awakened Memory’ by Salima Saleh
“I remember another waterfall—how we left the dirt road and walked down towards the shore. Clear water flowing over the pebbles deepened in the middle of the river, so that leaving the shore became an adventure, and made the small island packed with trees appear distant, despite how close it actually was.”
Read moreNew Fiction: ‘The Echo of Silence’ by Hany Ali Said
“He stares at the reflection of the furniture in the mirror but everything is perfectly still. When he speaks to his own reflection, he hears a muffled hiss like the one made by the hands of a clock.”
Read moreEmad El-Din Aysha on ‘Arab and Muslim Science Fiction’: ‘Our male heroes aren’t criticized for crying’
“Our concerns lie elsewhere, whether it’s turning the deserts green or maintaining family values, or honoring religion. As Arabs especially, we love gardens and vines and family get-togethers in our mini-utopias. As Muslims, we have a much more holistic vision of the future, of what the future should look like.”
Read moreKhaled Nasrallah: Censorship is Not Exclusive to Kuwait; It’s a Global Issue
“But I didn’t decide to avoid setting The White Line of Night in Kuwait so that I could write freely and refer to anyone or anything without getting into trouble. Censorship is not exclusive to Kuwait; it is a global issue and it still exists in reality and practice even in the countries that theoretically nullified it.”
Read moreFrom Khaled Nasrallah’s IPAF-shortlisted ‘The White Line of Night’
“The censor would often read a sentence and claim that he had read it elsewhere.”
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