Fiction A Jew abandoned in Baghdad / Mati Shemoelof This Salah, has to be late on the one day when I didn’t take my cell phone, and this crumbling café doesn’t have a... أكمل القراءة
Fiction Proust’s Madeleines and my Grandmother’s Couscous / Or Tshuva Like many other Arab Jews, I tried to ‘Ashkenize’ myself. I used to long for my grandmother’s couscous, which we ate every Friday, but... أكمل القراءة
Fiction Sackcloth “Sackcloth” is a story from the Palestinian Folklore. It is one of many collected and edited by Ibrahim Mohawi and Sharif Kanaana in their... أكمل القراءة
Fiction Fetters of the Dead / Zakaria Tamer The story is told of a man who loved a woman, but she refused to marry him. “How can you refuse to marry me,”... أكمل القراءة
Poetry Today Was a Holiday / Azra Abbas One arm hangs limp and empty, the other bends under a load One foot has gone to sleep the other half itches for the... أكمل القراءة
Poetry Two Poems By Khalil Hawi The Cave I have known how the minutes stretch their legs How they freeze, and change into ages I have come to a cave... أكمل القراءة
Poetry The Man Who Drummed at Midnight / Rumi A Minstrel was drumming outside a palace at midnight, announcing the meal that was normally taken at daybreak during Ramadan. While he beat his... أكمل القراءة
Fiction The Prisoner / Remah Jabr “The Prisoner” is based on two monologues: the first is narrated by the prisoner himself and the second by his girlfriend. First performed in... أكمل القراءة
Fiction Napoleon’s Infancy / Jamal Juma Once I had paper I did not know how to use. I covered it with blue sadness. Once I had fingers pointing to all,... أكمل القراءة
Poetry No Answer is Possible – Etel Adnan Etel Adnan wasn’t there. “It’s hard for her to travel these days,” Photi told me. Too bad, I thought. She is an iconic Lebanese-American... أكمل القراءة
