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“The Pericardium”, by Norbert Hirschhorn

“One Escaped” and Other Poems, by Joan Leotta

“The Goddess Does Not Despair” and Other Poems, by Debra Kaufman

“The lament of a future daughter of Neptune” and Other Poems, by Lucy Holme

“The Final Moments of Mata Hari” and Other Poem, by Bernard Pearson

“Lost at Sea ” and Other Poems, by Shirin Zeyaei

“Gaia”, by Roisin Ní Neachtain

“Fireworks” and Other Poems, by Jenny Bates

“Quiet woman” and Other Poems, by Eva Gerretsen

“hook” and Other Poems, by Chris Murray

“Sisterhood”, by Semra Eren-Nijhar

“Hatchlings”, by Binu Karunakaran

“Gift”, by Hibah Shabkhez

“Gunshot” and “Of Glass”, by Anna Aksenova

“Copperhead”, by Chapman Hood Frazier

“Which Will It Be?” by Yahia Lababidi

“Backward and Abysm”, by Alan Forrest Hickman

Art by Tomoko Nagao

The Feminine: Interview with Romalyn Ante

“The Woman” and Other Poem, by Catherine O’Brien

“Dream of a Better You”, by Abdullah Ghanem

Feature: Ruth Padel

Food Art by Jolanda Stokkermans

Art: by Jaye Schlesinger

“Kitchen Song” and other poems, by Debra Kaufman

Art: “Empty Fridges”, by Pamela Chrabieh

“Alphabet Virtues”, by Hanna A. Saadeh

Poetry: “The Woman Who Loves to Cook” and other poems, by Florence Nash

Art: by Serse Luigetti

Art: by Dixie Junius

Art: by Carole Mora

Recommended Reads: Editor’s Picks

‘3 Mysterious Dishes’, by Pierre Cardascia

“Parched”, by Shirin Zeyaei

Editor’s Note: Escapism, Art, and Literature

Poetry: “Relish in the Remaining” and “Slower than Moontide”, by Perla Kantarjian

Essay: “A Lion in the Street: Acedia, Spiritual Depression, and Creative Will”, by Claude Barbre

Essay: “Corona Crises”, by Houra Mirhashemi

Fiction: “Rose Knows “, by Zach Murphy

Photography: “Palimpsests: Presences of Others”, by Salma Caller

Poem: “Coquelicot”, by Dr. Roula-Maria Dib

Risk: Art on Canvas by Lorette Luzajic

Art from Dr. Pamela Chrabieh’s “Duwama” Collection

On Separation, Eternity, and the Infinite by Artist Reem Bassous

Essay: “And Quite Without Damnation”, by Dr. Adnan Mahmutović

Fiction: Into the Water, by Nireka Dhameja

Poem: “Fatherland”, by Dr. Hanna Saadeh

Poems by Joan Leotta

Art on Canvas by Amal Haig

Recommended Reads

Poems by Maryam A. Wajdi

Fiction: “Stark White”, by Awais Khan

Poems by Dr. Hedy Habra

Fiction: “Loving the Broken, Being the Forbidden”, by Nour Rouhana

Poem: “Eyes of the Skin in the Face of Nihilism”, by Elham Al-Dweik

Skin in the Game: Interview with Professor Fiona Sampson (MBE)

Editor’s Note: Tolerance, “a harmony in difference”
