• سرير الجُمَل

    سرير الجُمَل

    لقد ضاعت منّي جملةهربت من قلبيعلى أمل الوصول إلى فميمنعتها جواسيس العقلالمزروعة شوكًا في حبالي الصوتية ها هي…تحمل حروفها، حقائبها،تهرول في الصحراء بحثًا عن مكان…

  • Venombound

    Venombound

    If you’re ever bitten by a snake,Do you follow it, to blame it for the poison? No. But the reptile is now inside of me,Its…

  • Little Birds

    Little Birds

    Oh, little birds on the roof of my house! How lucky you are to fly away every day, To fly high in the distance Free…

  • Here Comes The Sun

    Here Comes The Sun

    The beer fizzed in his hand, cold against his burning skin. Jona shut the fridge with a thud, the sound echoing through the hollow house.…

  • Beirut the City, Beirut the Airport

    Beirut the City, Beirut the Airport

    On Transience, Matters of the Heart, Random Encounters, and Other Airport Wonderings It’s 3AM. I’m standing in line for the mundane security check, my head…

  • Morrigan phase

    Morrigan phase

    I am in my Morrigan phase.   I might shift—raven to tiger, shadow to claw.   You might see three of me, layered across dimensions, watching, waiting.  …

  • I Come Bearing Gifts

    I Come Bearing Gifts

    Every day, Saai woke up at 5:30 a.m. to pray. He brushed his teeth, showered, combed his hair and beard, wore his olive-green robes, shined…

  • Book Review: Enter Ghost

    Book Review: Enter Ghost

    A Gripping and Powerful Look into The Protagonist’s Struggle with Her Palestinianism  Sonia Naser has spent all her life in London. Growing up, she, her…

  • White confetti

    White confetti

    Darine opens her eyes; her vision is blurred with white confetti. She fixes her head in the fluff of her mother’s sweater.  Earlier that day,…

  • Roses in the Morning

    Roses in the Morning

    Roses in the morning, Their thorns crept through. Heavenly at the beginning, The wounds they inflicted were few. Felt like something unearthly, So sweet and…