Zeena Faulk

‘A Poem from the World of Cats’ by Muthaffar al-Nawab

“A dark wind bellowed out destruction / as a sweet street kitty awaited nightfall”

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.

Fiction, Iraq

New Iraqi Fiction: Muhammad Khudayyir’s ‘The Tunnel’

As the police closed in, the protesters began to retreat, individually and in groups.

Fiction, From ArabLit Quarterly, Iraq

Short Fiction: Zuher Karim’s ‘The Awakening of Abdulmonam’

“This is a confusing experience, not intended to be comical in any way, shape, or form.”

From ArabLit Quarterly

On Poets and Stadiums: Announcing the Fall 2021 FOOTBALL-themed Issue of ArabLit Quarterly

“When Naguib Mahfouz was a boy, he tells us, two paths lay before him. There was the path of the literature he loved to read and write. He could take that path and become a distinguished author. There was also the path of the football he loved to play and the footballers he admired. He could take that, it was said, and become a member of the Egyptian Olympic football team.”