‘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 […]
Nonfiction
‘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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
‘Writing in Gaza’: by Yousef el-Qedra
Yousef el-Qedra is a poet and playwright in Gaza; you can read more of his work in translation in Hayden’s Ferry, Asymptote, The Dreaming Machine, Springhouse, Raseef22, and elsewhere. Writing […]
Samah Hasanain’s ‘Seven Moments in Gaza’
Seven Moments in Gaza By Samah Hasanain Translated by Enas Eltorky * The missile scrapes my memory. I’ve already been struck by death, I die many times before my death. […]
New Writing from Gaza: Living a Half-Life in a Place that is Half-Death
The Man with the Black Hat By Dr. Hassan Al-Qatrawi Translated by Elete Nelson-Fearon I sit alone, next to my remote tent, in one of the places here that is […]
‘I Don’t Want to Forget Who I Am’
By Mahmoud Al-Shaer ed. Wiam El-Tamami Mahmoud Al-Shaer is a Palestinian editor, curator, poet, and cultural organizer. He is an active and influential member of the cultural field in Gaza, […]
Mohammad al-Zaqzouq: ‘Where I Write Now’
Where I Write Now By Mohammad al-Zaqzouq Translated by Wiam El-Tamami I remember—a distant childhood memory—a time when we were at the beach. It was one of the few times […]