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 […]
Nonfiction
‘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 […]
‘Where I Write Now’: Husam Maarouf
By Husam Maarouf Translated by Wiam El-Tamami I want to tell you this: I miss the cool surface of my bookcase at home. I would lean my back against it, […]
Samah Hasanain’s ‘Nine Moments in Gaza’
Nine Moments in Gaza By Samah Hasanain Translated by Enas Eltorky 1- All speech is merely a brief scene summarizing the story: the wolf steals Laila’s dress, her voice, and […]
An Excerpt from Laila Aljohani’s Memoir, ‘Forty’
Saudi novelist Laila Aljohani is the author of the acclaimed Days of Ignorance, which is out of print in Nancy Robert’s translation, as well as the compelling memoir Forty, a […]