October 28, 2023

The Bringers of Violence

by Ismail Khalidi

Again, Fanon’s words come to mind: “The town belonging to the colonized people . . . the native town, the Negro village, the medina, the reservation, is a place of ill fame, peopled by men of evil repute. They are born there, it matters little where or how; they die there, it matters not where, nor how.”

February 26, 2025

Uncrafted #2: An Interview with Sarah Aziza

by Hazem Fahmy

In the past few decades, as liberal cultural institutions have grown more dastardly effective at co-opting and defanging the political potential of writers and artists from historically marginalized backgrounds, the amorphous imperative to “witness” continuously re-emerges in the face of unceasing tragedy wrought about by the United States, its ruling class, and its ghastly allies across the globe. We are implored to “witness” atrocity after atrocity, but never as more than...

February 18, 2025

On the Edge of a Volcano, a Rip through a Gazan’s Heart

by Diaa Wadi

Should I tell you a secret?

I’m afraid of the anguish I hold within me. Do people fear their own anguish?

January 31, 2025

Call for Submissions | دعوةٌ لِلمشاركات

by Lamia Abukhadra | in Literary

English belowدعوةٌ لِلمشاركةِ فِي عددٍ مِن مجلَّةِ مزنة خاصٍّ بِغزَّة: إصدارٌ خاصٌّ مِن وإلى الكُتّابِ والكاتباتِ الغزِّيِّينَ/اتَ معَ المُحَرِّرِ الضَّيفِ يَحيى عاشورفي ظِلِّ هُدنةٍ غيْرِ وثيقةٍ بعدَ خمسةَ عشرَ شهراً مِن إبادةٍ جماعيَّةٍ وحصارٍ صهيونيٍّ على...