arabic

he is as plain and severe as his task

he is as plain and severe as his task

From Issue 10, three poems by Najlaa Eltom, translated from Arabic by Mayada Ibrahim

the last communist

the last communist

Two poems by Saadi Youssef, translated from Arabic by Khaled Mattawa

We agreed, the smoke and I, to leave love’s memory in the ink-black Tigris

We agreed, the smoke and I, to leave love’s memory in the ink-black Tigris

A poem by Bissan Abu Khaled translated from Arabic by Francesca Bell and Noor Nader Al Abed