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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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One last love letter...

April 24, 2021

It has taken us some time and patience to come to this decision. TMS would not have seen the success that it did without our readers and the tireless team that ran the magazine for the better part of eight years.

But… all good things must come to an end, especially when we look at the ever-expanding art and literary landscape in Pakistan, the country of the magazine’s birth.

We are amazed and proud of what the next generation of creators are working with, the themes they are featuring, and their inclusivity in the diversity of voices they are publishing. When TMS began, this was the world we envisioned…

Though the magazine has closed and our submissions shuttered, this website will remain open for the foreseeable future as an archive of the great work we published and the astounding collection of diverse voices we were privileged to feature.

If, however, someone is interested in picking up the baton, please email Maryam Piracha, the editor, at [email protected].

Farewell, fam! It’s been quite a ride.

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