Poems
Poems
by Linda Abd Al-Baki*
Comforts
Skilled
In hanging the life
From its waist
In amputating the wings of vast distances.
Skilled
In monitoring the revelation
Mistake
After mistake
Unsheathing a sword
Putting it round the neck of memories
then Beheading it
With every known language
Life As I See It With My Heart
Life As I See It With My Heart
By Thekra Luaibi
Translated by Mahmoud Abbas Masoud
None has deceived me
No one has let me down save myself
The echo of places
Swings in my memory
And the rust of waiting
Has caused my heart to deteriorate
***
All wells have run dry
So whence do these tears come
And well up in my eyes
The Executioner - Excerpt from a play
The Executioner - Excerpt from a play
By: Sabah Alanbari*
Translated from Arabic by: Soheil Najm**
{The stage is a carefully constructed half green lined with pieces of bright glass. The dome has one gate built in the form of jaws lined with long pointed fangs stained with blood. The gate is open throughout the show and in front of it, at the center of the stage, there are metal bars to which the victim is tied. The bars look...
Artists and Writers in the era of Pandemics Scott Minar
Ila Magazine
No doubt that Corona is a drastic turn in the modern history of humanity. Its scary widespread helped to split the history into before and after. Even its hand corrupted our world bringing more social, political and economical changes in no time. You can say so on the relationships between groups and individuals. How do you interpret this? Any particular effects on your habits and work? Negative or positive?!!.
Do you...
Artists and Writers in the era of Pandemics Gitta Pardoel
Ila Magazine
No doubt that Corona is a drastic turn in the modern history of humanity. Its scary widespread helped to split the history into before and after. Even its hand corrupted our world bringing more social, political and economical changes in no time. You can say so on the relationships between groups and individuals. How do you interpret this? Any particular effects on your habits and work? Negative or positive?!!.
Do you...
Artists and Writers in the era of Pandemics Rusudan Khizanishvili
Ila Magazine
No doubt that Corona is a drastic turn in the modern history of humanity. Its scary widespread helped to split the history into before and after. Even its hand corrupted our world bringing more social, political and economical changes in no time. You can say so on the relationships between groups and individuals. How do you interpret this? Any particular effects on your habits and work? Negative or positive?!!.
Do you think...
Zoom Meeting for Mr. Goldberg
Philip Terman
A good friend just passed away from the virus. I participated in a Zoom farewell with his family—he was also on the zoom on his ventilator. He had been on the ventilator for two weeks but just got worse—as most people do. Each of us said goodbye to him, hoping he could hear, and then the rabbi said the last prayer.
After the zoom session was over, the doctor removed the ventilator.
Very sad.
Here is the...