Fiction
The Valley by Mays Kuhail
The Well and the Grove by Tariq Karibian
Nonfiction
On the Brink of Something by Hasheemah Afaneh
I click on a map of languages, dead and dying by Lori Yeghiayan Friedman
Go Outside and Weep by Omar Khoury
Poetry
zero by Nadine Channaoui
you did your duty by Majida Halaweh
If you were with me in the war by Gawad Elakkad, translated from the Arabic by Hazem Jamjoum & lisa minerva luxx
From Where I Came by Omar Khoury
The Eclipse by Yahia Lababidi
In War by Mohammed Abu Lebda
No One Buys Flowers During Genocide by Fatihah Quadri
White Theatre Professionals Can Hold Space For Us All by Raya Tuffaha
the miracle of loaves and fishes by Mandy Shunnarah
Art Gallery
Cover art: “The View from Dad’s House” by Jeanine Yacoub
“Stone Walls and Nature,” “Unfinished,” & “Al-Bahr Mosque” by Jeanine Yacoub
“The Well and the Grove” by Brandon Kashou
“Puzzle of Al Mujaydel” by Ghayad Khatib
“Beautiful Pali Woman” by Manal Deeb
“Welcome All Exiles” by Samar Hussaini
“Gaza” by Fuad Alymani
“Fulcrum,” “The Postman And His Destination,” “Our Destination,” “Compact Culture,” “First Post – Ghassan Kanafani,” & “Map of Palestine” by Fahed Shehab
Masthead
Editor-in-Chief – Taylor Schaefer
Managing Editor – Jacob Sharp
Poetry Editor – Tori Reynolds
Assistant Poetry Editor – Taylor Franson-Thiel
Fiction Editor – Connor Harding
Assistant Fiction Editor – Scott Hovdey
Nonfiction Editor – Faith Palermo
Assistant Nonfiction Editor – Austin LaVigne
Website Editor – Elena Macdonald
Social Media Editor – Nicholas Ritter
Layout and Design Editor – Bri Chapman
Incarcerated Writers Project Coordinators – Katey Funderburgh & Maya Gudapati
Faculty Advisor – Jason Hartsel
Readers – Joseph Giglio, Elena Macdonald
Special Thanks
Jason Hartsel, David S. Carroll, Kathryn Mangus and the George Mason University Office of Student Media, Gregg Wilhelm and the George Mason University Creative Writing Program