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In the IssueFebruary 15, 2014

Winter 2014 — “Sexual & Emotional Power Plays”

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EDITORS’ LETTERS

A Word from the Editor
Maryam Piracha

Reading Lebanon, Reading the World
Marcia Lynx Qualey & Yasmina Jraissati

POETRY

Less Than A Drop
Bassam Hajjar, trans. Maged Zaher

The Atheists of Paris
Abbas Beydoun, trans. Maged Zaher

Hey Allen Ginsberg, I think that the fan is rotating
Wadih Saadeh, trans. Maged Zaher

Fog
Etel Adnan

FICTION

180 Sunsets
Hassan Daoud, trans. Marilyn Booth

June Rain
Jabbour Douaihy, trans. Paula Haydar

Other Lives
Iman Humaydan, trans. Michelle Hartman

The Smell of Soap
Elias Khoury, trans. Ghada Mourad

Always Coca-Cola
Alexandra Chreiteh, trans. Michelle Hartman

The Bus
Najwa Barakat, trans. Luke Leafgren

The Curse
Hyam Yared, trans. Michelle Hartman

ESSAYS & FEATURES

The Gaze of the Voyeur
Tom Nixon

How Faerietales Stole Female Sexuality
Ghausia Rashid Salam

Cutting through the Fat
Maria Amir

Reclaiming the Narrative
Sana Hussain

Losing My Fandom
Mahnoor Yawar

Love, Liberty and Exploration: The New Century of Romance
Aaron Grierson

SPOTLIGHT

Spotlight Artist: Omar Gilani

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