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The October Issue

By The Editors

Rat Lung

By Zoë Eisenberg

(Us) The Camera

By Zachary Gaouad

Childfree by Choice

By Mona Eltahawy

Roshan El-Qurashi

Roshan El-Qurashi is a visual artist based in Cairo, Egypt. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Faculty of Fine Arts. In 2015, she joined the Student Council Program at Studio Khana for Contemporary Art.   Roshan’s artistic practice explores the fragility of the human condition. Her work reflects emotional shifts and inner conflicts, focusing on instinctive responses to change, tension, and vulnerability. Through painting, she examines the layered nature of human experience and emotional resilience.   Since 2016, Roshan has participated in numerous group exhibitions across Cairo and Alexandria. Her work was also selected for the Venice Land Art Prize. Most recently, she presented a solo exhibition titled Burdened Void.
Poetry

Suspended

By Yolanda Castaño, translated from the Galego/Spanish by Samantha Schnee December 4, 2025
Descending the stairway of lines in this poem, / in the faint voice threaded through these verses
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