The Story of X: The Story Writer
X the story writer squatted as a child expecting a slap for a mistake he made as he read an ad in the newspaper that a company had launched a …
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The Story of X: The Story Writer
X the story writer squatted as a child expecting a slap for a mistake he made as he read an ad in the newspaper that a company had launched a …
A War of Colors – An Interview with Nadine Sinno
In A War of Colors: Graffiti and Street Art in Postwar Beirut Nadine Sinno explores the graffiti and street art of the city of Beirut after the Lebanese Civil War. …
If I Could Be A Bird
If I could be a bird I’d prefer to fly over the rubble Using my wings to break the stillness In time And drift into the screams When the mourning …
Haunted by Ghosts of Reality
The sky wears a shroud, grey and dim,Sunrise fades away, hopes grow thin.Eyes once full of childish gleam,Now hollowed out, lost in a stolen dream.Faces etched with soundless cries,Reflects a …
An Equatorial Seduction
There in the salon of my memory, I had peace of mind, calmly sitting waiting for a lover for whom I dressed with full makeup and perfumes. I had bought …
Whispers of Resilience
In the heart of a small land where dreams are often swallowed by the shadows of occupation, therelived a passionate girl whose spirit refused to be extinguished. From the earliest …
A Lorry of Dust
Just when the lorry stopped in front of the desert cafe, a barren miserable woman appeared from an unknown place. A pathetic expression was engraved on her face toward the …
Diary of a Corpse Swollen with Life
After the soldier’s body thrown next to the petrol station swelled, his small diary began to descend as trying to escape the corpse. A writer was passing by in his car, …
The Sun Rose Today
Her heart was shaking When we were playing in a circle Her wide–brown eyes Opened like an owl under a blue moon to scan for danger She crossed her arms …
Obatit’s Ploys
“What’s the shame of being Ethiopian?” She whispered to herself. Suddenly, a year ago when she fled to Sudan, she discovered that Ethiopian denotes a derogatory, painful word among Sudanese …