CONTENTS:

Prose

The Night Journey – a short story by Samah Fadil

an exercise in public displays of vulnerability, or, an epic of silenced mass catastrophic proportion – a short story by Feras Hilal

To New Jerusalem – a short story by Farah Kader

rise – a short story by Sarah Risheq

First Leaf – a short story by Elise Stephens

Muneera and the Moon – a short story by Sonia Sulaiman

Poetry

Casting Runes – a poem by Rasha Abdulhadi

Liberation Is Rotting In Your Figs  – a poem by Leena Aboutaleb

from UNIVERSAL THEORY IN WHICH EVERY FAILED ATTEMPT AT LOVE IS A SOULMATE FROM AN ALTERNATE TIMELINE – a poem by George Abraham

Blood Suck – a poem by Samah Fadil

Single Witness – a poem by Layla Azmi Goushey

Five things found in Shahrazad’s garden – a poem by Aiya Sakr

When I find the first letter – a poem by Aiya Sakr

Captain’s Log – a poem by Fargo Nissim Tbakhi

Arab American Gothic – a poem by Omar Zahzah