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Read more about the article he is as plain and severe as his task
Vincent van Gogh, Corridor in the Asylum, 1889. Open access courtesy of The Met Museum.

he is as plain and severe as his task

  • Post author:Helen Hill
  • Post published:May 15, 2025
  • Post category:featured/Issue 10/poetry

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

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Read more about the article the last communist
Paula Kaniewska, Passage, 2019.

the last communist

  • Post author:Helen Hill
  • Post published:March 5, 2024
  • Post category:featured/poetry

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

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Read more about the article Circumference Radio: Issue 9 Mixtape

Circumference Radio: Issue 9 Mixtape

  • Post author:Michael Barron
  • Post published:August 27, 2021
  • Post category:featured/Issue 9/podcast/radio

Welcome to the second episode of Circumference Radio.

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Read more about the article 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

  • Post author:flimflamjimjam
  • Post published:May 12, 2015
  • Post category:poetry

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

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