‘#There_Is_a_Voice’: A Plea to Continue the Search for Earthquake Victims
2023-02-15
“Do you know what it feels like to put your head on the ground with the hopes that you may hear the voice of someone you love?”Continue Reading
From the ‘Mirrors’ Issue: Hilal Badr’s ‘Ash-sha’b Yurid Isqat an-Nizam’
2022-04-11
A shout awakens me; someone is yelling, “Ash-sha’b yurid isqat an-nizam [The People want to bring down the regime].” Does anyone believe this? I don’t.Continue Reading
New Poetry in Translation: Fadi Azzam’s ‘If You Are Syrian These Days …’
2022-02-08
“I am from Syria, my brothers and sisters; but don’t you dare pity her, / for in her dwells enough life to reconstruct the entire world and enough graves to accommodate all of you.”Continue Reading
Syrian Arts and Culture Festival 2022
2022-01-18
The Syrian Arts and Culture Festival will take place in London and partly online from January 20 to February 4, 2022.Continue Reading
Luqman Derky: ‘Knocking on Freedom’s Door’
2021-10-27
“Do the players belong to the police force or the thieves?” one of our failed players asked. “The thieves, you moron,” our always-angry coach said. Continue Reading
Gastropolitics, Gastropoetics: Celebrating Radical Cookbooks
2021-09-01
A cookbook is not just a cookbook. Join us for a celebration of five exciting new books that use recipes to revolutionize our relationship to cooking and eating. Continue Reading
‘If I Were a Cat’: Rasha Omran’s Poetry in Three Languages
2021-08-09
“If I were a cat / I would was my skin with my tongue / like this / your scent passing from my skin to my mouth, so I’d think I’d devoured you”Continue Reading
From the Archives: Shahla Ujayli on Getting Raqqa Back Through Writing
2021-06-17
“It is not easy for me to summarize in these lines my emotional relationship — with all its fluctuations — with Raqqa!”Continue Reading
From the Archives: Another Road for Syrian Poetry
2021-04-14
“I have no need of a wall clock / or a pocket diary: / I know the times of my screams”Continue Reading
