Meriem Essaoudy

Gaza, Nonfiction, Palestine Husam Maarouf, Meriem Essaoudy

Laughter Without Joy: Between Gaza’s Reality and Beckett’s Stage

April 21, 2025

In this essay by Husam Maarouf, he writes: “Isn’t it strange for someone to laugh in Gaza? Here, laughter is not because destruction is amusing or enjoyable—it is a moment of nakedness before the self, a full exposure. One has no choice but to laugh.”

Can We Get in Touch with You By Mai Al-Maghribi Translated by Meriem Essaoudy (3)

Egypt, Fiction Mai Al-Maghribi, Meriem Essaoudy

‘Can We Get in Touch with You?’ Short Fiction by Mai Al-Maghribi

March 6, 2025

In this short fiction by Mai Al-Maghribi, the narrator has dreams of art but doesn’t have the connections and gets dragged into an uncle’s tannery business.