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The Tarweedeh
“Blood is the worst thing to wash out of clothes!” She slapped the reddened shirt against the rock.…
An Excerpt from A Mouth Full of Salt
‘You’re late,’ Sawsan whined as Fatima tumbled into her room. ‘I had to cut a thousand onions for…
Clowns in the Olive Trees
There’s a sort of angerfrom my fatherin line deciphering whata McNugget could be.It may not be pork, butit…
“The Women and Memory Forum: An Intellectual Project with an Activist Agenda”
Championing Arab Women’s Voicesــــ A Conversation with Hoda Elsadda For decades, the knowledge produced by Arab women has…
WOUNDS AS PEEPHOLES
INTRODUCTION from the book Palestine Wail “Damaged people are dangerous; they know they can survive.” That line, from…
A Good, Solid Name
“There’s a lot in life you can’t protect your kids against,” a friend from Nebraska advised me when…
Feature Poem: “Love” by Iman Mersal, translated into English by Robyn Creswell
Selected for Rowayat Issue 8: Connect & Sustain by Guest Editor Rahat Kurd THE THRESHOLD brings the poems…
Feature Poem: “Love” by Iman Mersal, translated into English by Robyn Creswell
Robyn Creswell is the translator of Iman Mersal’s poetry collection THE THRESHOLD, published by Farrar, Strauss, and Giroux…
Issue 8: Connect & Sustain
At this time when we are witnessing ruthless generational destruction. Rowayat affirms that the sanctity of life means…
Bark Photography
Artist’s Statement: I have always photographed things that catch my eye, especially the more mundane or overlooked those…