Summer Reads: Rym Jalil’s ‘My Mother’s Kitchen’
“Every day I lie and say / I know this place. / My mother’s kitchen / brims with afflictions / I must pretend to befriend it / we all know it can have only one master / from its beginning to its end”
ArabLit Quarterly
Art Director Hassân Al Mohtasib on 5 Years of ALQ
“A good art director intentionally builds a library of images in his subconscious through reading and forgetting.”
5 Years of ArabLit Quarterly: Founding Editor M Lynx Qualey on Beginnings and Endings
“I expect this is a magazine for people who read widely, and they want something different and new.”
Goodbye, Hello: The BEGIN AGAIN issue of ArabLit Quarterly
“And although beginnings have the better reputation, a beginning also serves to close off other possibilities. The ending, meanwhile, opens them up.”
With Joy & Glad Tidings: The WEDDINGS Issue of ArabLit Quarterly
Performers and performance are also central to weddings, both for their ability to entertain and to temporarily violate social norms.
Call for Submissions: ALQ’s Fall 2022 Issue
ALQ’s Fall 2022 issue with a focus on WEDDINGS is open for submissions until August 7.
IN ON THE JOKE: The Launch of the Summer 2022 Issue of ArabLit Quarterly
Today we’re launching the Summer 2022 JOKE themed issue of ArabLit Quarterly, guest edited by Anam Zafar.
Launching the MIRRORS Issue: Recovering Their Medieval Magic
In the pieces included here, men seem more likely to link mirrors to a past, while for women they are part of an encircling present.
Sunday Submissions: ALQ’s Summer 2022 Issue
ALQ’s Summer 2022 issue with a focus on THE JOKE is open for submissions until April 15.