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Part Three: The Present Wound

5 issues

October 2, 2026

The Beauty of Your Face

Cover of The Beauty of Your Face by Sahar Mustafah Sahar Mustafah, 2020. The principal of a Muslim girls' school faces an alt-right shooter as her life story unspools. October 2, 2026

Enter Ghost

Cover of Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad Isabella Hammad, 2023. A British-Palestinian actress joins an Arabic Hamlet staged in the West Bank under surveillance. October 2, 2026

Against the Loveless World

Cover of Against the Loveless World by Susan Abulhawa Susan Abulhawa, 2020. Narrated from a solitary-confinement cell: statelessness, war, love and resistance. October 2, 2026

Salt Houses

Cover of Salt Houses by Hala Alyan Hala Alyan, 2017. A Palestinian family uprooted in 1967 and again in 1990, and the longing passed from mother to daughter. October 2, 2026

Mornings in Jenin

Cover of Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa Susan Abulhawa, 2010. Four generations of a Palestinian family, from the 1948 Nakba through the Jenin refugee camp.