Winter 2024 Archives

Letter from the Editor: Issue 23

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February 10, 2024 Dear Readers: The provocative contributions to this issue portray numerous facets and stages of revolutions. They address the futile and the routine, and encompass tiny stirrings and immense breakthroughs. They capture the reticence to engage when sparks …

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Loud Murmur

Posted in Winter 2024 Tagged with Visual Art

A Visual Art Series by Priyam Bhattacharya Wash-up watercolor and acrylics on paper, 21cm x 29.7cm, 2024 Tea Time watercolor and acrylics on paper, 21cm x 29.7cm, 2023 Share watercolor and acrylics on paper, 14.8cm x 21cm, 2023 Table watercolor …

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Resistance

Posted in Winter 2024 Tagged with Photography, Visual Art

"Resistance" by Müjdat Hacıoğlu, June 2013, Taksim/Istanbul Müjdat Hacıoğlu lives in İstanbul where he has a daughter. After giving up a career in finance at age 50, he took a backpacking trip around the world. Developing a fondness for his …

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images of corporeal fragmentation, dismembering, or dis-membrane-ing

Posted in Winter 2024 Tagged with experimental, Persian

An original work by Bahar Abdi Bahar Abdi holds a bachelor’s degree in Persian Language and Literature from Tehran University and an MLitt in Middle Eastern Literary and Cultural Studies from the University of St. Andrews. She is currently a …

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Ragab, the Interpreter

Posted in Winter 2024 Tagged with Arabic

Original by Inaam Kachachi Translated, from the Arabic, by Ibrahim Fawzy First Intrusion into Mr. Ragab’s Thoughts “THIS IS YOU, AbdulMuhsin Ragab. The mirror doesn’t deceive you. Are you satisfied with yourself?" AbdulMuhsin Ragab ran his fingers over his new …

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First time around

Posted in Winter 2024 Tagged with Visual Art

"First time around" by Lilly Morgan watercolor on A4 paper, 14cm x 13cm, 2023 Lilly Morgan is a self-taught artist born in England to a Greek mother and an English father. She uses art to capture memories of people, places, …

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Two Poems

Posted in Kazakh, Winter 2024 Tagged with Kazakh, Poetry

Original by Akhmet Baitursynuly Translated, from the Kazakh, by Jake Zawlacki Author's Note Our enemy buzzes around: Yellow, long-legged mosquito; Its natural color unchanged, Still black, but red mosquito. Circling above them, Mocking, flying till wings break. Maybe one will …

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The Literature of Resistance after al-Kārithah (the Catastrophe)

Posted in Winter 2024 Tagged with Arabic

Original by Ghassan Kanafani Excerpted from: Palestinian Resistance Literature Under Occupation: 1948-1968 (Al-Adab Al-Filistīnī Al-Muqāwim Taḥt Al-Iḥtilāl) Translated, from the Arabic, by Amanda Batarseh When the catastrophe befell Palestine in 1948, its profound impact was felt in Arab society not …

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Two Poems

Posted in Winter 2024 Tagged with Arabic

Original by Esraa El-Nemr Translated, from the Arabic, by Rufaidah Gamal Long Gap In the center of my chest there is a long, wide gap like a pit or an abyss. I always hide it with transparent skin, which I …

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Daughters of Casbah

Posted in Winter 2024 Tagged with French

Original by Isabelle Eberhardt Translated, from the French, by Donald Mason I The sun burns down upon the pale, cobbled streets below. A bluish line of shadow, defeated by the glare, retreats behind the pillars beneath the arcades. With all …

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Category: Winter 2024

Letter from the Editor: Issue 23

Loud Murmur

Resistance

images of corporeal fragmentation, dismembering, or dis-membrane-ing

Ragab, the Interpreter

First time around

Two Poems

The Literature of Resistance after al-Kārithah (the Catastrophe)

Two Poems

Daughters of Casbah

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