Yazan Ashqar

Yazan Ashqar is an editor and translator based in New York City. He holds an MA in publishing and critical journalism from the New School.

The Little King
By Mahmoud Shukair
Summer 2021
Mahmoud Shukair
Hiba Yassine / Courtesy of the artist In the following parable, a young boy discovers that he is a king. 1 I never thought I’d become a king at the age of thirteen. It was a…
The Classroom That Disappeared
By Ziad Khadash
Summer 2021
Ziad Khadash
Nadine Toukan, Al Aqsa / Courtesy of the artist When a mysterious teacher and his eighth-grade students disappear, the subject of transformation appears along the investigative trail.…