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Prologue of “Three Worlds: Memoirs of an Arab- Jew”
If I had to identify one key factor that shaped my early relationship to Israel society, it would…
A Long Walk From Gaza: An Excerpt
Leave I A body on the cobblestones. Just lying there. I shake him gently to see if he…
A Conversation about “A Long Walk from Gaza”
CN Let’s talk first about the excerpt we have chosen for this special issue of Rowayat, “Connect and…
Guns and Almond Milk: An Excerpt
Jamal is standing by the kid. He beams when he sees me. “Here comes the Egyptian…
“All the Women in My Life,”
a conversation with Tarek El-Ariss about his memoir Water on Fire: A Memoir of War I can see…
Excerpt from Water on Fire
A Memoir of War Sediments My mom lines up her bottles of water on the kitchen counter like…
Excerpt from The Shepherd
To many women, there is nothing so temptingto followas delusion.The most attractive thing is alwaysthe desire for beginnings,the…
Damascus
Wake me up when I start dreamingof silence;I am in the streets of Old Damascuswhere I smell of…
Sarah’s Petition & Hajar and the Right of Return
Sarah’s Petition Hagar, have you forgotten our days in the palaceof the swinger pharaoh, and we the only…
Ìdẹ̀ra, & Bluebird
Ìdèra It is always beginning—like the lifecycle of man.There's no exit to Mama’s suffering—only a corner for shadowing.She…