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INTRODUCTION by M Lynx Qualey
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FEATURES
Squaring & Circling the Mirror By Al-Jahiz translated by Michael Payne
Talking Mirrors: Bodies and Dis-ease By Shahd Alshammari My Face Through the Seasons By Mohamed Choukri translated by Jonas Elbousty
‘Mother of Happy Endings’ By Nawal Nasrallah
SHORT FICTION
Sad Woman's Mirror By Maheera Migdadi translated by Madeline Edwards
Glass By Rema Hmoud translated by Ibrahim Fawzy
Closer Than They Appear By Enas Eltorky
STORY PRIZE
How Kind They Are By Mustafa Taj Aldeen Almosa translated by Maisaa Tanjour & Alice Holttum
You Can Call Me Velvet by Rasha Abbas translated by Katharine Halls
The Baffling Case of the Man Called Ahmet Yilmaz By Karima Ahdad translated by Katherine Van de Vate
The Hemingway Man By Ahmed Magdy Hammam translated by Burnaby Hawkes
Camphor Forestland By Said Takieddine translated by Dima El-Mouallem
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POETRY
Hearsay at the Yahya Market By Ra’ad Abdulqadir Translated by Shakir Mustafa
Loneliness By Ali Ja’far Al-Allaq translated by Shakir Mustafa
From ‘On to the Next Room’ By Abdalrahman Alqalaq translated by Sara Abou Rashed
Reflection By Rym Jalil translated by Nawara Belal
Heads / Tails By Reem Abbas
The Only Stranger Here By Duna Ghali translated by Layla AlAmmar
Ash-sha’b Yurid Isqat an-Nizam By Hilal Badr translated by Ghada Alatrash
The Patient Mirror By Qassim Majeed translated by Zeena Faulk page
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