Since 2014, Ramadan in Gaza has repeatedly arrived under the shadow of war. From Israel’s attack in 2014, to the escalation in 2021, and the ongoing genocide that has cast its shadow over the holy months of 2024, 2025, and 2026, for more than a quarter of the past decade the sacred . . .
Editor’s note: Upon being invited to participate in our interview series, Morteza Dehghani, translator of Souri Ahmadlou’s poems “2.” and “3.” from Volume 67.1, offered to write the following experimental piece “about the art of translation,” centralized around the questions of what attracts him to a piece, why he translates, and what . . .
“When we got hungry, it seemed very rude to discuss what kind of food we wanted. It seemed like the height of impoliteness. Wherever we went, there would be food. And the important thing there was the people.” —from Siamak Vossoughi’s “Three Tryers” (Volume 67, issue 1) Tell us about your relationship . . .
