Marjane Satrapi: A Talented Artist Who Cared About Iran
Editor’s Note: Many thanks to Sima Shakhsari for allowing this reprint from their social media account. I wish for an in-between space to neither make Satrapi into a hero nor …
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Marjane Satrapi: A Talented Artist Who Cared About Iran
Editor’s Note: Many thanks to Sima Shakhsari for allowing this reprint from their social media account. I wish for an in-between space to neither make Satrapi into a hero nor …
لِمَنْ أَكْتُب — مَارِينَا تْسْفِيتَايِفَا
بعد أن أنهيتُ ترجمة هذا النص لـتسفيتاييفا ، لم أعرف تماماً ماذا أفعل به. بقي لبعض الوقت في حال من التعليق، يتأرجح بين ملفات الحاسوب، كأنّه لم يقرّر بعد إن …
World of Halves
Half-opened window,and my half-opened eyes,shadows swayed to an unfamiliar rhythm.Hushed movements, restless haste—filled the silence behind the unseen. My senses sharpened to their edge,my ears pricked like a cat’s.My eyes …
The Bullfighter of Bisterne: Part One
Prologue: Myth of the Maker Father said: “Let me tell you a story: There is a creation myth, one of many about our Makers, that persists in Paradise. For it …
Awake (Thirty One)
Awake(thirty one) Something ain’t right about tonight.i worry for the kids on my block asthey smoke they scream they hidei drink i run i cryand after we all come down …
The Year My Life Split in Two
For me, and for all Palestinians living in Gaza, 2023 was a year of relative peace. I was a Tawjihi student (the final high school examination in Palestine) in the …
Roundtable: Science Fiction Writer Emad El-Din Aysha in Conversation with Latin American Science Fiction Writers
Recently, Emad El-Din Aysha, a member of the Egyptian Society for Science Fiction (ESSF) and the Egyptian Writers’ Union, invited seven well-known Latin American science fiction writers to a round …
A Day of Floods
A flooded day, an unprecedented night,Heavy hours, with tears pouring down. “What’s happening to you?”It has been flooding for five long hours. “It’s good! it’s raining.”Yes… once upon a time, …
الرَّمادِيَّة
شخصٌ أنا متأرجحٌبين الصوابِ وبين الخطأشخصٌ أنالا يُنار لا ولا يُنطفَأإن شئت قل عني أننيمتوسطٌأو عالقٌأو تائهٌبينَ بينٍ وبَينوأنا كذلك في حياتيأخترتُ لي رقمًا يقعبين الواحد والإثنينوأنا كذلك في حياتيلستُ …
The Circassians: A Story of Genocide, Survival, and a Fragile Renaissance
From the rolling hills of the Jordanian countryside to the bustling streets of Istanbul, from the quiet villages in the plains of Syria to the riverbanks in the heart of …