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Sweet Dumpling (fried in oil)

looming over the island I have just uncovered the Italian secrets of the pasta roller ravioli is but a dumpling in the grand scheme of cuisine and what is better than globalization so I ask my mother if she knows how to make luqaimat and she tells me that she had made them once as […]

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looming over the island I have just uncovered the Italian secrets of the pasta roller ravioli is but a dumpling in the grand scheme of cuisine and what is better than globalization so I ask my mother if she knows how to make luqaimat and she tells me that she had made them once as

Nafar Dot Homme: Four Vignettes

For MQR 61:2, “Decades of Fire: New Writing from the Middle East and North Africa,” Daniel Behar translated four vignettes from Luqman Derky. He also introduced and read “Homeland Multiplier,” the fourth of these vignettes, for the issue’s virtual launch reading. You can find Behar’s reading along with the text of “Homeland Multiplier” below. Homeland

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For MQR 61:2, “Decades of Fire: New Writing from the Middle East and North Africa,” Daniel Behar translated four vignettes from Luqman Derky. He also introduced and read “Homeland Multiplier,” the fourth of these vignettes, for the issue’s virtual launch reading. You can find Behar’s reading along with the text of “Homeland Multiplier” below. Homeland

العود / Oud

العود فوزية أبو خالد إلى نصير شما/ في العامرية/ غرناطة ٩٩ يَفُزُ زُريابُ يَشهَقُ الخشبُ على رُكبتيهِ كأنَّ كُمثرى سَقَطتْ في حِجره وانَبَجستْ حُوريَّات عَدْنٍ وعُيونُ ماءٍ يَسيْلُ رُب أصابعهِ على الأوتار فيغسِلُ الفراتَ ودجلةَ من عَوادِمِ السياسة ِ وطاعونِ الحروبِ ومَباهج الهَزائمِ يَشُبُّ الشَّجَنُ العراقيُّ في جُبْنِنا الجماعي وَبريشَتهِ يَنحَتُ في دَم المَواويل مَحواً

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العود فوزية أبو خالد إلى نصير شما/ في العامرية/ غرناطة ٩٩ يَفُزُ زُريابُ يَشهَقُ الخشبُ على رُكبتيهِ كأنَّ كُمثرى سَقَطتْ في حِجره وانَبَجستْ حُوريَّات عَدْنٍ وعُيونُ ماءٍ يَسيْلُ رُب أصابعهِ على الأوتار فيغسِلُ الفراتَ ودجلةَ من عَوادِمِ السياسة ِ وطاعونِ الحروبِ ومَباهج الهَزائمِ يَشُبُّ الشَّجَنُ العراقيُّ في جُبْنِنا الجماعي وَبريشَتهِ يَنحَتُ في دَم المَواويل مَحواً

a burst of wind and light (or, things I’d like to imagine)

Sometimes our biggest barriers are things we imagine or maybe things we fail to imagine. Shortly after Trump was elected president of the United States of America and instituted a so-called “Muslim ban,” an Arab American nonprofit in Chicago held a press conference outside of O’Hare International Airport. The leadership barked a bunch of empty

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Sometimes our biggest barriers are things we imagine or maybe things we fail to imagine. Shortly after Trump was elected president of the United States of America and instituted a so-called “Muslim ban,” an Arab American nonprofit in Chicago held a press conference outside of O’Hare International Airport. The leadership barked a bunch of empty

Decades of Fire: A Virtual Reading

To celebrate the launch of MQR 61:2, “Decades of Fire: New Writing from the Middle East and North Africa,” we asked six contributors to share videos introducing and reading from their work featured in the issue. Purchase the MQR Spring 2022 issue here to read more from these and other contributors.

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To celebrate the launch of MQR 61:2, “Decades of Fire: New Writing from the Middle East and North Africa,” we asked six contributors to share videos introducing and reading from their work featured in the issue. Purchase the MQR Spring 2022 issue here to read more from these and other contributors.

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