last chance

by obaid alhmoudi, ryan al-abbas

UAE

algiers

by chakib taleb-bendiab

Algeria, Tunisia, France, and Canada

the boy inside the cocoon

by ahmed al terkait

Kuwait

nya

by imene ayadi

France, Algeria

one last wish

by areeb zuaiter

Jordan

the grocery list

by taqwa ali naser

Bahrain, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia

building 13

by meshal almutairi

Saudi Arabia

madonna

by john fareed zaki

Egypt and Luxembourg

a lullaby unlike any other

by amani jaafer

Tunisia and Sweden

the miracle of life

by sabrine khoury

Palestine, The Netherlands

10 minutes younger

by nisreen yaseen

Palestine

post trauma

by nidal badarny

Palestine

gum

by belal albader

Saudi Arabia

the first dinner

by thekra zohir makalde

Palestine

the lebanese burger mafia

by omar mouallem

Canada

the tedious tour of m

by hend bakr

Egypt

the last rehearsal

by yassine fennane

Morocco

mariam’s choice

by mahmoud yehia

Egypt

rat hole

by mohammed el-samman

Egypt

rose water

by mahmood yahya al-shaikh

Bahrain

take my breath

by nada mezni hafaiedh

Tunisia

yellow bus

by wendy bednarz

India, Jordan, UAE, US

scattering thorns

by nassim abassi

Morocco

made for beauty ... used for ugliness

by jaffer mohammed al-baqali

Bahrain

in the waiting room

by moatasem taha

Palestine

loss

by rami al-kassab

Egypt

a day

by ahmed akbar

Bahrain

legacy

by hussein hijazi

Lebanon

papa told me

by passant ahmed

Egypt

but you wont notice

by mennatalah khaled

Egypt

hookah

Egypt

overcast

by mohamed hosny yassin

Egypt

neb tawy

by mai wael

Egypt

the red sea makes me wanna cry

by faris alrjoob

Germany, Jordan

phone breaker

by hamza atifi

Morocco

forsaken

by aziz shennawy

Tunisia

60 egyptian pounds

by amr salama

Egypt

the woodland

by firas al-taybeh

Jordan

unknown number

by hiba dhaouadi

Tunisia

the house is on fire, might as well get warm

by mouloud aït liotna

France

the last winter

by hayder dawood

Sweden, Saudi Arabia

conditional desir

by houcem slouli

Tunisia

smokey eyes

by ali ali

Egypt

in between

by ethar baamer

KSA and USA

vibrations from gaza

by rehab nazzal

Palestine, Canada

what else grows on the palm of your hand?

by dhiaa biya

Morocco, Belgium

the foresight

by majed alsaihaty

Saudi Arabia

the advice of kayed

by abdullah alibrahim

Saudi Arabia

portrait

by adnan baleis

Saudi Arabia

light upon light

by christian suhr

Egypt, Denmark

100 cans

by mazen al khayrat

UAE

agreb majnouna

by akram moncer

Tunisia

moez the end of the tunnel

by mohamed ali nahdi

Tunisia

as for the weather

by ahmed haddad

Egypt

akh

by hatem hossam aldeen mohamed

Kuwait

ajab

by ahmad hamada, bader shuhaibar

Kuwait

fractus

by nader rahmouni

Tunisia

story

by jerome cohen olivar

Morocco

homeless

by amjad soussi

Egypt, Syria

qaragh (wake up)

by suad gara

Azerbaijan

only the ocean between us

by christy cauper silvano, karoli bautista pizarro, khaldiya amer ali, marah mohammed alkhateeb

USA, Jordan, and Peru

daughters of abdulrahman

by zaid abu hamdan

Jordan, the USA, Qatar

half day

by hassan al sayed

Egypt

trapped

by manal khaled

Egypt

the woodman

by koutaiba al-janabi

Iraq, UK, Qatar

streams

by mehdi hmili

Tunisia, Luxembourg, France

i'll go to hell

by ismahane lahmar

Tunisia

yusif

by kazim fayad

Lebanon

lost

by driss roukhe

Morocco

90 days

by khalid alharbi

Saudi Arabia

shaikh al janani

by haidar samir

Saudi Arabia

10

by mohamed samir

Egypt

the ditch

by amr abed

Egypt

suhail

by khadija kudsi

UAE

1+1

by alaa mahmoud

Egypt

el-remaya house

by mohammed el-samman

Egypt

personal diary

by mohamed chrif tribak

Morocco

athel

by alyazia bint nahyan al nahyan

UAE

truce

by saleh al-khataybeh

Jordan

the ghosts we left at home

by faris alrjoob

Jordan - Germany

noor

by rim nakhli

Tunisia

the visit

by amro ali

Syria

idris

by bachir abou zeid

Lebanon

bethlehem 2001

by ibrahim handal

Palestine

al-sit

by suzannah mirghani

Sudan - Qatar

bint werdan

by maysaa almumin

Kuwait, Qatar, Egypt

customary session

by elhamy fyroz

Egypt

insulated door

by eslam rozza

Egypt

the new tenant

by youssef hesham

USA - Egypt

ghost of spacetime

by karim tajouaout

matchstick (tunisian)

by mahmoud nabil ahmed

Tuinisia

the golden harvest

by alia yunis

Jordan, UAE, Palestine, Spain, Greece, Italy

a long breath

by remi itani

Lebanon

a voyage against time

by jonathan ali khan, steve mackay

Kuwait

istrupya

by ahmed hassouna

Palestine

who are you?

by raouia marmouch

Tunisia

contact

by samir syriani

Lebanon

the bomb

by dima hamdan

Germany

goin south

by mohammed alhamoud

Saudi Arabia

bond

by hussam alhulwah

Saudi Arabia

ambience

by wisam al-jafari

Palestine

the room

by latifa said

France

swing

by jamal sallowm

Lebanon

aziza

by soudade kaadan

Labanon

the war inside us

by mahmoud nabil ahmed

Tunisia

between two seas

by anas tolba

Egypt

the giraffe

by ahmed magdy

Egypt

northern lights

by ibrahim mouhanna

Sweden

the day i lost my shadow

by soudade kaadan

Syria, France, Lebanon, Qatar

son of a dancer

by georges hazim

Lebanon

awakening

by amro ali

Syria

experimental summer

by mahmoud lotfy

Egypt

mustafa z

by nidhal chatta

Tunisia

last tape

by hani sami

Egypt

the remaining time

by mohammed al hammadi

UAE

nada

by adel ahmed yehia

Egypt

above

by ahmed festok

Egypt - Syria

escape

by hana alshateri

UAE

aya

by moufida fedhila

Tunisia - France - Qatar

like a matchstick

by hussein el imam

Egypt

those who remain

by eliane raheb

Lebanon

the waiting list

by hani al shaibani

United Arab Emirates

from inside

by ramy el gabry

Egypt

coma

by amro ali

Syria - Egypt

the last scene

by farouk kassem

Egypt

besieged bread

by soudade kaadan

Lebanon, Syria

the tainted veil

by mazen al khayrat, nahla al fahad, ovidio salazar

UAE

eyes of a thief

by najwa najjar

Palestine

the road

by rana salem

Lebanon

the gate of departure

by karim hanafy

Egypt

behind closed doors

by mohammed ahed bensouda

Morocco

chaos, disorder

by nadine khan

Egypt

coming forth by day

by hala lotfy

Egypt

in my mother's arms

by mohamed jabarah al-daradji, atea al-daradji

Iraq, UK, Netherlands, UAE

the miscreants

by mohcine besri

Morocco

leaving baghdad

by koutaiba al-janabi

Iraq, UAE, UK, Hungary

pomegranates and myrrh

by najwa najjar

Palestine