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Season of Olives & other poems
It’s the season of olives—the trees are slimly laden this fall, but still I find fruit to harvest—green…
Arriving in Angel Island
When I teach Immigrant Literature, I begin with the poems carved on the walls of the Angel Island…
Dissolving
I Whenever I think of my mother we are on a beach – even though we…
The Crow Says
August 2020. Everything feels ungraspable. We’re all on the rooftop of a Hamra building, the city underneath us…
The Last Day of Mrs. Jim Jones
— for Christine, who refused to submit Note: all quotes indented to the right are taken verbatim from Jim…
The Premonitions
Abbi struggles to keep the damp cloth on baby Willy’s puffy red cheek. Her cat, Miner, watches. Since…
A new heartbeat in Cairo’s art scene
An interview with Nour El Safoury and Marwa Benhalim about the first edition of the Cairo Art Book…
My Mind is a Cork Board on Which I’ve Pinned These Notes:
Photo courtesy of Kid Cairo
Issue #6: Faith
LAUNCH STARTING April 11th – EVERY WEEK TILL May 2nd Word is faith. A word after a word…
Still Praying
Growing up I dreamt I could pray الله اكبر الله اكبر like other kids …