March 2013

Merlin Ural
Through the Branches
March 31, 2013
“Whosoever chooses to follow guidance, follows it for his own good; whosoever goes astray, goes astray to his own loss.” – Qur’an, Sura Al-...
Sabahat Chaudhary
You, Only Richer
March 25, 2013
When I was in college, an older friend who frequented the café where I worked recommended I read a certain classic self-help book. Now, I...
Alizah Salario
Between Pretend and Reality
March 23, 2013
It would be easy to write Anwar Congo off as a brutal, merciless, and corrupt mass murderer and relegate him to the corner of history...
Wing Tek Lum
The Moment Before Tears Would Well Up
March 23, 2013
Editor's Preface In the standard Western narrative, World War 2 began on September 3, 1939, when the inchoate Allied Powers invaded...
Dina Omar
Like a Straw Bird
March 14, 2013
Ghassan Zaqtan’s paralyzing poetry, translated by Fady Joudah, is laden with ruminations on death. “I’ve been dead for a long time, as you...
Abdourahman Waberi, Ali Deberkale, Dimitri Verdonck
Djibouti: Silence Kills!
March 12, 2013
This article was originally published in La Règle du Jeu, Paris. Translation from French to English by Nathalie Fouyer. Click here for the...
A Warscapes Event
Ethiopia: A Reenactment Through Fiction and Image
March 11, 2013
Warscapes Magazine, Magnum Foundation Emergency Fund and apexart present Ethiopia: A Reenactment Through Fiction and Image image courtesy ©...
Aruni Kashyap
For the Greater Common Good
March 7, 2013
Neerumoni was the first one in the family to suspect that those books were the reason behind all those sounds and strange incidents. Anil...
Myrna Nader
An Artificial Innocence
March 6, 2013
Always Coca-Cola , the debut novel by Lebanese writer Alexandra Chreiteh, centers around three friends, Abeer and Yasmine, university...