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