volume 5, autumn 2025
​(online edition)
​ISSN 2754-2505

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cover artwork by Mousa AlNana

editorial team & publication information

contents

notes from the other side
Alexandros Plasatis

foreword
Dame Stephanie Shirley CH

fiction
Introduction to fiction
Rubina Cuka-Smalley & Asiye Betül

God's Gift on the Line
Oluseyi Albert

Red
Amany Al-Sayyed

Night of Transformations
Itto & Mekiya Outini

In the Field
David Dephy

poetry
Introduction to poetry
Amir Darwish, Lina Fadel & Laura Racioppi

Home Is Not a Country
Rachel Desiree Felix

Dear Native Speaker
Diana Voxerbrant

Cavities
Sahar Othmani

Unspoken
Sunayna Pal

ophelia by the ocean
Inês Linhares Silva

My heart beats different in Mandarin
Eve Lee

Auto-Critique
Bänoo Zan

My Heart is Weighted
Esraa Husain

Heir of Kali
Karishma Magan

Two poems
Serena Paver

Reflections on Leaving Barnsley
Tetiana Malkova

Gaza’s Burning Books
Mona Jebril

let the word
Lagnajita Mukhopadhyay

non-fiction
Introduction to non-fiction
Maria Rovisco & Elahe Ziai

Made by English
Ivy George

How to Eat a Watermelon
Ran Yan

Building a house, searching for a home
Kavita Ivy Nandan

artist's statement
Mousa AlNana

contributors’ notes