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Special Issue · Winter 2026
Return to Roots: Writing Toward Land
Introduction
Guest Editor Introduction, Sara Abou Rashed
Interview
Sara Abou Rashed Interviews Ahmad Ibsais
Poetry
Let the Naive Know How We Envy Them, Sara Abou Rashed
East Palestine, Ohio, Ruth Awad
Other Forms of Mercy, Ruth Awad
With My Hands, Basman Aldirawi
A Homeland that Does Not Resemble Me, Eva Abu Mariam
Ode to the Wallrunners of Gaza, Philip Metres
Tsunami of Grief, Naomi Shihab Nye
Nine Months After the Fire, Jessica Abughattas
…roots…, Yahya Ashour
Poetry
portrait of the author with brand-new chronic illness, K
S Maina
ode to my burning city, KS Maina
Gaza’s Sea, Zeina Azzam
The Walled Sentinel City, Laura Da’
Itinerary for the Great Trail of War and Trade, Laura Da’
We Were Not Born for Footnotes, Bana Abu Zuluf
The Day After the Rez Fire, Delaney Olmo
A Ghazal for Gaza, Brandy Nālani McDougall
Before the Bombs Came, Ahmad Ibsais
Fiction
House with Blue Shutters, Sahar Mustafa
Nonfiction
What Palestinian Writers Are Looking for from Lit Mags, Mandy Shunnarah
No More Violence, Just Silence, Ibtisam Abujad
Visual Art
Cover Art, Haneen Nazzal
Welcome to Jaffa & Focus on Love, Jason Alghussein
Rafah (Queer Tatreez), Micaela Kaibni Raen
Translation
Don’t Ask Me How I Am, Dana Flafil
The Last Breath, Dana Flafil
A Country that Wounds Me Yet Shelters Me, Dana Flafil
Reflection
Feeding Memory: Writing and Reflection Prompts on Food, Land, and Return, Haya Adleh
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Interview
An Interview with the Editor
January 12, 2026