“Let the world know that we are ghosts indeed—since ghosts cannot be extinguished, nor can they be defeated.”
“Learn the numbers, // social security number, alien-card number, / street number, none of them mean to explain // this, this thing we have brought with ourselves,” from “Fire,” by Mahtem Shifferaw
“Dreaming of a clear sky, unmarred by airplanes. / Of clouds observing their own reflection in the windows’ tears. / An innocent day: no news of dead friends in the mail,” from “Dreaming of a Clear Sky,” by Nasser Rabah (trans. Wiam El-Tamami)
“A moment ago I was screaming under ash and rubble — / A final missile sent me vaulting up your way / and now I’ll inform you of what you’re incapable of / understanding!,” from “To That Final Missile, My Thanks,” by Hend Jouda (trans. Ali Al-Jamri)
“I have fingers, for feeling the shiver my friend described when her lover kissed each finger / Not for wiping away my nephew’s tears as his chest is eaten by the infection in the tent,” from “What I Have,” by Shrouq Mohammed Doghmost (trans. Omnia Amin)
Misfire
A Russian police officer tracks the surprising release of a prisoner to fight in the war against Ukraine. Recalling the prisoner’s capture, the officer regrets his gun’s misfire. Or was it?
A Cough
In this flash fiction from Argentina, a woman with a long list of symptoms empties herself during a medical exam.
A writer living in Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza faces great loss with no way to say goodbye.
“Gaza Voices” is a collection of stories, poems, and reflections that journey on the moving locomotive of literature and history. These are not mere words on a page; they are the breath of survival, the rhythm of defiance, the heartbeat of a people whose story has been written in the ink of struggle.
As Nettel’s principal English-language translator, Harvey shared insights from her translation of Nettel’s work, including how ambiguity makes readers active agents in meaning creation and the feature of doubling—of one thing containing, if you look closely and courageously enough, something else.
Traversing the Human/Simian Divide: A Conversation with Prateek Vats
A conversation with Prateek Vats, whose film Eeb Allay Ooo! is part of an emergent oeuvre of multispecies cinema from India.
Punishment Without Crime: A Conversation with Laila Lalami
A conversation between Emily Doyle and Laila Lalami, whose The Dream Hotel, takes a harrowing look at data-driven surveillance.