Karen McNeil

Karen McNeil’s literary translations have appeared in Banipal, World Literature Today, and al-Jadid. She was revising editor of the Oxford Arabic Dictionary (2014) and is currently a PhD student in Arabic at Georgetown University.

Two Tunisian Poems

By Abdelfattah Ben Hammouda

Winter 2020
Abdelfattah Ben Hammouda

Photo: Evie Shaffer / Unsplash A Funeral Wash me with warm water and soap made of fresh olive oil anoint me with amber and camphor water with rose geranium and orange blossom water Swaddle...
Two Poems

By Lamia Makaddem

May 2018
Lamia Makaddem

photo: Jason Trbovich/flickr Poetry was created to solve family problems Let me just say:this is why poetry was createdto solve family problems when neededand sometimes to wash the dishes and polish...
I Have the Right to Be a Stranger

By Inaya Jaber

March 2018
Inaya Jaber

photo: arcaion/pixabay After work, my friend and I go to the Café de Prague in the heart of the Hamra district. As we sit at a table by the large window, looking out on the lighted street, I think a...