READ OUR LATEST ISSUE: FICTION
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READ OUR LATEST ISSUE: FICTION ✺
Palestinian Literature and the “Recurring Nightmare” of Occupation
A conversation with Karim Kattan, whose short story “Burial at Sea” was published in our Fiction issue. A previous story, “Salt Air,” translated from the French by Jeffrey Zuckerman, was published in our Promises issue.
Lift Up Your Hearts
“There lay the space suit, its sleeves and legs twisted unnaturally, like a victim of a fall from a great height.”
The Competition of Unfinished Stories
“He had neither family nor tribe to be proud of, except for Neil Armstrong, who set foot on the Moon the day he was born.”
Illegal Alien
“I was up against two opposing demands: his longing to be pronounced a man, and the government’s preference that he was not.”
The Melody
“Now she ate and drank, but didn’t know who she was. A whole eighty years of life forgotten.”
The Future of Climate Change Is on Mauritius
Freak tornadoes, “explosions” of jellyfish, flash floods and dried up pumps.
Archives of Atrocity
Discarded documents from Assad’s regime offer clues to Syrians searching for lost family and friends.
The Curse of Carrara Marble
The luxury stone is being mined at the expense of the region and its people.
My Name is Sun
“When you live long enough inside a scientific and technological marvel you start to get used to it.”
What’s Left of the UN
How to run an international institution with no cash, no direction and no morale.
