July 23, 2026

The hero is dead, long live the mountain: Faris Dajani’s Threshold

by leena aboutaleb

BALTIMORE—Faris Dajani, a Palestinian-Jordanian multidisciplinary artist, stuns in his first solo exhibition, Threshold, Image. Situated in Gallery CA off East Oliver St. in Baltimore, Dajani cuts the thread of an imperial, detached reality at its metaphorical knees.

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July 15, 2026

Letter to a Disabled Brown Transsexual with Endometriosis

by Zeyn Joukhadar

After dinner, when Baba goes to wash up, I tug on Mama’s sleeve. “When you go,” I say, “how will I know who I am?”

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July 7, 2026

Excerpt from THALASSA – Three Poems 

by leena aboutaleb

Love will reinvent you. I am made from all the people who love me. I know exactly who I am. Why do you still believe we are made out of images and not hearts? Are we all martyrs? My brother will take seven. Only God can dissolve me. Only God can judge me.

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