June 27, 2022
May 23, 2022
Fiction
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In Colombian writer Octavio Escobar Giraldo’s first publication in English, it isn’t only the parishioner saying her Hail Marys. “I confess, Father. I confess that I am happy about the death... -
In this fraught meeting between father and daughter, a woman rescues what she can from an estranged relationship. two weeks ago, when i saw my father, i wrote, “dear diary, this morning when... -
A woman gives birth in a room where all the windows are covered with pages of a book to be burned. The woman inside, the women outside: all wait for the author. Luz is going to scream. She c... -
Dereje Demissie (Ethiopia), Psychscape (2009) A grandmother thinks of her two kite-flying grandchildren each time she wakes and sees the birds outside her window. The windows... -
A girl executes her escape plan, with one unexpected twist at the end. She walks through the house. It’s quiet now; everyone’s sleeping. Behind the bedroom door she can hear her father’s dee... -
Photo by Ivy Yung on Unsplash Written in the early stages of the pandemic, this fairytale-like story finds a man looking to shape his environment to reflect the fragility of life—one screw... -
Photo by Greg Rakozy & Alfons Morales on Unsplash In this short story from Japan, the narrator—who is disappearing organ by organ—dissolves into a library as encompassing as the cosmos... -
In a dimly lit crypt, a woman loses her way and finds her thoughts toggling between a mysterious man in the dark tunnel and a childhood friend. The sun was setting when she got off the bus.... -
Artwork from Lwapula Province / Courtesy of Dr. Christine Saidi, Kutztown University The Aushi are an ethnolinguistic group located in the Lwapula Province of the Republic of Zambia and in... -
A woman’s writing, and routine, are disrupted when she meets a man on a bicycle. The signorina Maddalena Rubí has a passion for poetry. She writes a little after dinner each night, before go... -
Each Saturday evening, they would meet, braiding and unbraiding their hair in a synchronized rhythm. But then one night, everything changed. On Saturday nights, they braided. They all wore t... -
Jerusalem is ultimately a city of eternal strangers. The connection to the city is not a connection to place, but rather a connection to time. Here, on the watershed of the winds, between re... -
Why would a girl of fourteen choose a minor key? Let Chopin carry you away, just as he does Nina, who brings the revolution to the keys of a prewar Steinway. “Nina, you’re next,” they whisp... -
Photo by Shahin Khalaji on Unsplash Narrated by a chorus of male voices, this story recounts the details of an incident that occurred in a company of only male employees, triggered by the... -
Rimini, Italy / Photo by Letizia Agosta / Unsplash Find a spot near some water and let yourself be transported to the Italian seaside in this story of two teens who meet on the beach and f... -
Photo © by Yousef Khanfar In her debut novel, You Exist Too Much, newly released in paperback, Zaina Arafat’s narrator portrays the fantasies and desires of a young woman caught b... -
Sliman Mansour, The Village Awakens – Sahwit Al Kareh / Courtesy of the artist Author’s note: Over the last two decades, whenever I have returned to Palestine, there has been considerable... -
Manal Deeb / Courtesy of the artist A trip to the doctor leaves an unnecessary burden on a young girl. I inherited the dark skin of the slim body I inhabit from my mother. Together wi... -
Dana Barqawi, Woman Digging Thorns out of Field / Courtesy of the Artist In the following voyage of self-discovery and reflection on humanity—excerpted from a forthcoming book—the... -
Hiba Yassine / Courtesy of the artist In the following parable, a young boy discovers that he is a king. 1 I never thought I’d become a king at the age of thirteen. I... -
Reem Khader, and she prevails / Courtesy of the artist (Everything here is reported by the young man who found the bottle.) This small light-emitting machine is currently sti... -
Manal Deeb / Courtesy of the artist A salt swing, and its story, connects a young woman to her grandmother—and more. The salt that lay on Grandmother’s lips, and the grief of the stor... -
Asma Ghanem / Courtesy of the artist A girl, “seduced by the city of Haifa,” loses her braid in a barbershop. My mom and I crossed the road from the bus station to the only barbershop... -
Nadine Toukan, Al Aqsa / Courtesy of the artist When a mysterious teacher and his eighth-grade students disappear, the subject of transformation appears along the investigative tr... -
Sliman Mansour, Rituals Under Occupation / Courtesy of the Artist Respect the gods, Achilles, and show mercy towards me. –King Priam, Book XXIV, The Iliad When they...
