‘Hikikomori’: New Fiction by Mohamed Khalfouf
“On that day: I came home from school early. I didn’t find you, but I made an excuse for your absence, and sat, and waited.”
Fiction
Banipal Issue 70: ‘Mahmoud Shukair, Writing Jerusalem’
The Spring 2021 issue of Banipal, their 70th, has a special focus on Palestinian author Mahmoud Shukair.
Monday Fiction: An Excerpt from ‘Fellini’s Shoe’
“That’s exactly what happened. We all looked left at the same time.”
Nakba Day: Free Palestinian Ebooks, Magazines, More Recommended Reading
There are at least two digital Nakba Day events today; one with poet Najwan Darwish and another the kickoff events for Palestine Art Week: Also to mark Nakba Day, which […]
Friday Finds: The Words Without Borders Mauritania Issue
“There are seven different authors featured in the special section, translated from Arabic and from French, writing in widely different genres and styles; their work provides visions of Mauritania both future and past, future fiction, ironic time-travel fiction, historical fiction set in the seventeenth century, and tersely expressive poetry.”
From the Archives: Safia Ketou, the First Algerian Sci-fi Novelist of Post-independence Algeria
“– You are on the Mauve Planet.”
Short Fiction: ‘Living in Songs’
“My dad woke me up at dawn, asking if I’d done anything stupid. He repeated his question as if he were addressing me from another world, about the nature of the calamity I had caused.”
Friday Finds: New Issue of ‘The Common’ Features 9 Stories from Morocco
“They’ll be having a virtual Issue 21 launch party on May 6 at 7 pm EDT.”
Short Story: Amal Al Banna’s ‘The Drowned’
“The superstitious say the spirits live at night, and that they even take over the roads, especially during the long winter nights. Thunder, they say, is nothing but the sound of their fighting, and lightning the blood from their endless wars.”