The Unnamed Man
By Inas Faiza Naravar Mohideen
The first sign was always the scent of sandalwood from the hall. At 5:25 p.m., Shafana’s mother would light the...
Weight We Share
By Jude Aly
The air in Desert Barbell was heavy with anticipation, thick with the smell of sweatand chalk dust coating from the steel calibrated...
Tales of Tranquility
By Malika Kaloo
In the quiet corners of Kashmir, where the echoes of a bygone era linger like whispers in the wind, there lies a...
The Man with the Miniature Garment
By Hala Nasar
“I almost don’t think of him as a mortal. He was a magician…and I think he lives like that in my head.”
With...
More than Just Bricks and Beams
By Shaikha Alshamsi
In the collective memoir of Amel’s family, only one character emerged as the silent, enduring protagonist – the house.
It stood with stoic...
When It Suddenly Stopped
By Carol Maher Bebawy
There was a hundred people all trapped in a dark room.
The air was congested with babble, and the room was dim...
Curiosity Found the Cat
By Hala Nasar
There was much to do.
I knew I looked eerily calm and collected to my already worried mother, but the sweat building on...
The Pink Ribbon
By Tala Aburous
December 2013, a busy day at work, in the bathroom, Eman stood there with her hand on her chest feeling heavy. Checking...
A Turtle with No Name
By Line Ben Thaier
The evening sun sets on my grandmother’s worn-down courtyard on the Isle of Djerba.
In the center of my grandmother’s battered old...
Cacophony of Chaos
By Malika Kaloo
The sunset was painting the sky in the hues of deep orange and indigo, casting a peaceful gaze over the melancholic city....
