The multi-hyphenated creative and iconic essayist on spirituality, craft, wellness, and the Muslim girl experience.
The writer and abolitionist community organizer on the afterlife, the death of representation politics, the inspiration of the long historical arc of activism, and living beyond the expectations of white, capitalist society.
“[J]ust existing and doing things authentically. Just having fun. Not caring about what people think. Doing things with as much truth as possible,” the sweet-thang editor-in-chief on her perception of joy.
The Saudi indie singer on her songwriting process, aspirations, and more.
Two poems on longing for the sea, watermelons, ancestors, and illegal settlements.
Raw reflections on grief, renewal, and rebirth.
“what a difficult, scary / place to be, at the cliff / of your self.”
Intricate reflections on the beginnings and ends of all things.
“what curious, impossible wonder, / the passage of time.”
Manal delves into her familial connection with storytelling and how it pulled her together.
A poem celebrating death, in all its shapes and sizes.
Rania’s personal journey on performance, imagining better versions of herself, and the surrender of being a work-in-progress.
A personal essay on Palestine, diaspora, and fragmentation.
On migration, homelands, and more.
A three-part poem on the nuances of grief and mourning one’s grandmother, with the cultural and geographic implications of being in Bahrain.
On carefully curated playlists for the sake of residual love.
“I loved stardom, the kingdom of literary salons,”
Freedom, in all its healing forces.
A poem on home, wherever it may be, but especially in Palestine.
“i raged, in a silent mussitation of belief, / in a quiet prayer to the stars / asking for a little more gleam,”
“With hair like the black holes that stud the sky / and star-studded eyes / She looks at everything with wonder like / Everything is a miracle”.
A poem on Beirut, tetas, and unanswered letters.
Two poems on the loss of a mother and their often metaphorical weight in our lives.
Conversations with the sea.
“In the garden I became a poet. It was an accident, of course.”
A poem on nostalgia in all its forces.
A poem on self-image and puberty.
On Arab, Islamic mythologies and the revelations they bring forth.
Environmental reflections on rebirth.
Little reminders of the love we carry within us.
