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Adnan, Unredacted: Local Man Finds Sock, Feels Nothing
“Breaking news!!! I just lost a sock.” My mind kept repeating as I searched the whole house – under the bed, behind the washing machine.…
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The Cycle
What is death but a blooming rose Red like the blood that froze In time In me Can’t you see We never vanish, But just…
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A Small Collection on Loss
Wishes ResignedAugust 15, 2020, on losing a family member in the port explosion Where is the doctor to Eternal Sunshine me Sneak into my home…
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Anatomy of the Earth-Born
Hair like rivers flowing, dark silk that won’t lie flat, rebellion against scorching fire. Skin the shade of sun-baked clay, the color of deserts with…
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A Visit To Bjerrin
Kamil had just arrived at Bjerrin, a 100-year-old abandoned village in the Jbeil district of Lebanon, nestled in a rugged valley surrounded by the majestic…
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أمانة الغياب
حتى مع النسيان لم أخونكِ وبالنسيان أرى عيونك كيف لي أن أنساكِ؟ وذكراك كروح تسكتني, فما عاد الشوق يداوي جروحي ولا النسيان …اختاري صحبتي
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I Am
Decision Egypt, January 27, 2022 | 11:02 I am only possible when I realize myself; I decide to be. Owing to nobody, to nothing, I…
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Peace and Tornadoes
The sky blooms with clouds – round, soft, and purple, Like cotton candy drifting in a dream. Green trees sway in the summer’s soft wind,…
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Book Review: Mornings in Jenin
There are no words that can do this book justice, especially not at a time when the people of Gaza are being brutally bombed, starved…
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Too Late, Too Shallow
I didn’t dip my toes— I dove… Headfirst,into blackwater cold. Where sound foldsand light forgets your name. I opened my chest like a wound,let salt…