Editor’s Note
Poetry
Aisha Al-Tarawneh - A Nation’s Grief for Her Neighbors
Identifies with Jordan
Hamzeh Taleb - Beirut, 1976
Identifies with Lebanon & Palestine
Hala Saleh - Yesterday
Identifies with Palestine
Hedayat Reda - Welad Nas
Identifies with Egypt
Hibah Shabkhez - Animate Teaspoons
Identifies with Pakistan
Jaweerya Mohammad - language of father & daughter
Identifies with Pakistan
Kat Abdallah - I wish I could watch the news without crying
Identifies with Palestine
Umamah Farooq - Hues of History
Identifies with Pakistan
sajjar - our kafan in the waterless washing machine
Identifies with Pakistan
Shams Alkamil - Meet Sudan Where She’s At
Identifies with Saudi Arabia and Sudan
Zuhra Malik - Kabul, 1976
Identifies with Afghanistan
Prose
Aster - Amir Khusro ji, can you beat the gay allegations?
Identifies with Pakistan
Jaweerya Mohammad - A Prayer if You Should Migrate
Identifies with Pakistan
Nihal Osama - Death in Springtime
Identifies with Sudan & Türkiye
Visual Art
Lobna El Gammal - On Toronto
Identifies with Egypt
Sfarda L. Gül - Pontian and Laz Dancers
Identifies with Armenia, Iraq, Georgia, & Türkiye