Fatihah Quadri When a country hates another country, the children suffer everyday from the sun. A house falls and the dream shatters to the ground. The first thing my mother taught me about...
Raya Tuffaha And what if I damn you? If I write the explosion in stageable italics, if I poeticize and profit-size and donate and educate, what if I learn your language and boundaries, then what?...
Mandy Shunnarah Nobody ever asks who baked the bread, coaxed the yeast & flour with alchemy, or beckoned its rise with knuckles & patience. Nobody asks who smoked the fish, much...
Mays Kuhail “Dodi, Dodi!” Giza nudges me awake. “The wall is coming down.” I open my eyes, slowly adjusting them to dawn. The sun is making its way out of the valley’s horizon,...
Tariq Karibian It’s 11:53 AM. Your phone is at 57%. Since the Internet went down, you’ve been keeping it on Low Power mode and using it mostly as a clock. There is a lull in the chaos outside....
Hasheemah Afaneh I thought I would remember the nurse’s name, but I was naive to think my memory wouldn’t fail to recall the name on her white coat, despite whispering it a few times to myself....
“Wait It Out” Cut/paste paper collage “And so we see…” Cut/paste paper collage K.G. Ricci is a self-taught NYC artist who has been creating collages for the past seven...
“Nest with Egg” Intaglio on Handmade Paper with Cotton and Invasives Rachel Singel is an Associate Professor at the University of Louisville. Rachel grew up on a small farm in...
“ColorDekapende” Alcohol inks “Colorkoshiepta2024” Alcohol inks Cynthia Yatchman is a Seattle based artist and art instructor. A former ceramicist, she received her B.F.A. in...
