Wiam El-Tamami

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Wiam El-Tamami is an Egyptian writer and translator. Her work has appeared in publications such as Granta, Paris Review, Ploughshares, Freeman’s, LitHub, and AGNI. She won the 2011 Harvill Secker Young Translation Prize, was a finalist for the 2023 Disquiet Prize, and received a Pushcart Prize nomination in 2024.

In This Dream
By Sahar Rabah
July 2025
Sahar Rabah
For my student Abdel Salam Qatoush, an eight-year-old boy who lost his leg when his home was struck by a bomb during the war on Gaza Leaning back against the tree,I drifted…
Dreaming of a Clear Sky
By Nasser Rabah
July 2025
Nasser Rabah
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.Of a home, and a guest, and a sun tha…