Razia
“For them your sex/ And your death was the same thing.” Weekend poem, by Manash Bhattacharjee.
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Kalundborg 7:11
“He follows a blogger by the name of Fjordman, and he’s read Anders Behring Breivik’s 2083 manifesto in its entirety… He agrees with Breivik, but not with his method.” Story of the Week (November 28), by Simon Fruelund. Translated from Danish by K.E. Semmel.
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Olive Verses
“When the Damascus Steel/ lurched in the sky/ a crescent about to fall…” Poem of the Week (November 25), by Nineb Lamassu.
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In Conversation
“fear is a grain of sand/ bone fragment/ beetle of war” Weekend poem, by Delilah Des Agnes and Kat Soini.
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Resting Place
“I’m exhausted now, or rather, I think that I had already become tired a long time ago…” Story of the Week (November 21), by Naiyer Masud. Translated from Urdu by Muhammad Umar Memon.
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The earth had stopped turning
“I, who surrendered there beneath the cocoa trees/ where the elephant rots/ oh God in heaven…” Poem of the Week (November 18), by Enoh Meyomesse. Translated from French by Grace Hetherington.
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Vodka
“…loud fathers who shout at television anchors/ are best avoided…” Weekend poem, by Ashok Niyogi
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Of Idol Worship
“This is the effect of atheism on a certain mould/ of character – you build your gods out of stray people.” Poem of the Week (November 11), by Monidipa Mondal.
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Dark Veins
“…street that leads/ like a dark vein/ toward my heart/ in Freedom Square…” Weekend poem, by Ali Abdolrezaei. Translated from Persian by Abol Froushan
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Only in London
“Above me, the grey sky hovers unsteadily. It runs into tall brick buildings and races above tunnels decorated with graffiti, litter and dead rats. ‘Paki go home,’ says a wall.” Story of the Week (November 7), by Sabyn Javeri.
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