Soliloquies
Swiveling between memories in Sharjah, Dubai and Cairo, Noor Tannir’s vulnerable personal essay grapples with themes of anxiety, grief, and family illness
Itthon (At Home)
In a series of personal vignettes, Rose Gove traces their evolving relationship with the country of Hungary
Down and Out in the UAE Badlands
Film camera in tow, Benjamin Kirby heads to Al Dhaid in Dubai, where he meets an enigmatic TikTok-famous travel agent and muses on the urban landscape in this new essay
Abu Dhabi City Planning
Emily Broad's new poem reflects on a city "built on the backs of movement."
Cities and Splits
A trio of city writing vignettes by Zoe Jane Patterson, inspired by her travels to Istanbul.
Hungry City
A sprawling essay engaging with ramen, New York, Teju Cole’s fiction, and hyphenated identities, by Vamika Sinha.
In the Corners
A wandering poem about traveling through different cities looking for love.
mina port (abu dhabi, uae)
New in milk & vodka, a poem about a woman walking alone through an Abu Dhabi port.
Lonely Planet Guide
In the form of a travel list of New York restaurants, Vamika Sinha's new fiction piece focuses on the nuances of love, sex, dating and loneliness in the Big Apple.
The Islander
A short story set in downtown Abu Dhabi, about a lonely figure who lives with a local tailor.
what kind of city is florence?
“how to reconcile this heaven of art with the hell you read of in dante’s inferno / of corrupt florentines and popes who abused their office / how to see past the peeling paint / to demolished jewish quarters and feuding noblemen and the scorched poor and their burned-down houses” – new in invisible cities, Jamie Uy writes about her time in Italy.
Al Seef in Dubai
Dayin Wijaya observes the Dubai creekside in his new poem.
Times Square, 2am
New in fiction, Zoe Jane Patterson trawls through New York City’s Times Square in the dead of night. What happens next?
Montrouge
A prose poem on Paris, a “gash in the ground”
Travelers & Artists: What Happened to the Give & the Take?
We are all guests in the lives of others, and we ought to treat our hosts with not only respect, but also with genuine interest, especially if we travel far to meet them or decide to make art from their lives.
money
An “open call for hopes and prayers”, Vamika Sinha explores New York as both capitalist hell and heaven.
new york
A romp of a poem showcasing the sounds, noise, music of New York City.
Point Ephémère and the Slum: How Paris Handles Her Refugees
The editors of this magazine stumbled upon a refugee slum next to one of Paris’ hippest clubs. Here’s what happened.
Paris, the City of Lights, Love, and... Rats
“When you first fall in love with Paris, you will experience puppy love. A false and doting, hopeful love” – Zoe Jane Patterson explores the other side of Paris.
Taking the RER B
In this new creative nonfiction piece, Vamika Sinha offers a series of vivid vignettes, each set at a different metro station in Paris.