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Baladi Magazine @baladimagazine.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

"The Last Threads of Dreams." Short story by Tasnim Taha Image from public domain #Sudan #France baladimagazine.com/the-last-thr...

Spools of thread stacked into two columns.

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Baladi Magazine @baladimagazine.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

"Ash." Poem by Shahed Mohammed El – Farra. baladimagazine.com/ash/ #Gaza Featured Image: “What was survival… turned mortal.” Photo by: Shahed Mohammed El – Farra. Translated by Taqwa Ahmed Al-Wawi

A damaged building with iron bars in silhouette against the sky

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Baladi Magazine @baladimagazine.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

"What the Living Do When Ceasefire is Announced." Poem by Lisa Suhair Majaj Artwork: _Perseverance_ by Lisa Suhair Majaj #Palestine baladimagazine.com/what-the-liv...

Impressionist painting of the trunks and branches of olive trees in Palestine. Painting title is Perseverance.

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Baladi Magazine @baladimagazine.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Laila Kassab: A Beating Heart of Colors in Gaza Interview by Taqwa Ahmed Al-Wawi #Gaza baladimagazine.com/laila-kassab...

image of a purple horse with a woman sitting on its back. The horse is running on a green field, Another woman holding a dove is on the right. The Sun is above.

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Baladi Magazine @baladimagazine.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Soft Rains. Poem by Farah Elbahnasawi Photo Credit: Taqwa Ahmed Al-Wawi baladimagazine.com/soft-rains/

Image of fog with clouds in the background and dark shadowed trees in the foreground.

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Baladi Magazine @baladimagazine.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Book Review: The Psychoanalytic Imagination in Dr. Alan Kikani’s The Obsessed #Syria baladimagazine.com/the-psychoan...

Arabic book cover of The Obsessed. The title is in Arabic and it shows the silhouettes of two men who are facing each other.

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Baladi Magazine @baladimagazine.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

GAZA: LETTERS FROM THE END OF THE WORLD SELECTED POEMS OF TAQWA AHMED AL-WAWI #Gaza baladimagazine.com/gaza-letters...

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Baladi Magazine @baladimagazine.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

I am Gaza. Poem by Donya Abu Sitta “When I Let My Pen Embody The Genocide Through Symbols.” Artwork by Donya Abu Sitta #Gaza baladimagazine.com/i-am-gaza/

Pen and in drawing of artifacts in Gaza. An ambulance, praying hands, an empty cooking pot with a text bubble that says Famine.

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Baladi Magazine @baladimagazine.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

It Shall Pass. Poem by Lubna Ahmad Abu Dahrouj Art by Ahmed Header Ashour #Gaza baladimagazine.com/it-shall-pass/

Image of mother holding a child with blood on the child's shroud.

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Baladi Magazine @baladimagazine.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Winter in Tents. Poem by Khaled Al-Qershali Photo by Khaled Al-Qershali #Gaza baladimagazine.com/winter-in-te...

Image of an icy street with the sun setting behind a building. A man stands in sillhouette on the right.

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Baladi Magazine @baladimagazine.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Pregnancy And Motherhood Amid Genocide in Gaza. Essay by Itemad baladimagazine.com/pregnancy-an...

Itemad's newborn baby laying on a blanket.

Itemad's child who is a toddler with a kitten.

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Baladi Magazine @baladimagazine.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

A Thousand Eyes Speak: Interview with Artist Enas Marouf. #Gaza baladimagazine.com/a-thousand-e...

Image of a girl with a bloody blindfold on, She is surrounded by eyes with different expressions.

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Baladi Magazine @baladimagazine.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Burning Soul. Poem by Menna Saber Abo Salem Art by Enas Yousef Esmail Marouf #Gaza baladimagazine.com/burning-soul/

Image of girl who seems to be sleeping, A kaffiyeh is wrapped around her shoulders. Her head is thrown back with eyes closed.

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Baladi Magazine @baladimagazine.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

The Universal Symbol of Life: In Dialogue with Nicola Mastroserio’s Art and Philosophical Perspective. Interview with Nicola Mastroserio. Art by Nicola Mastroserio. baladimagazine.com/the-universa...

Image of different size cubes withing a circle.

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Baladi Magazine @baladimagazine.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

To The Moon. Poem by Menna Saber Abo Salem. Photo Taken By Malak Al-shrafi #Gaza

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Baladi Magazine @baladimagazine.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Suspended. Poem by Shoug Basem Mukhaimar. Art by Ahmed Header Ashour. #Gaza baladimagazine.com/suspended/

Painting of woman in the back of an ambulance mourning over a corpse.

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Baladi Magazine @baladimagazine.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

They Want Me Bare of Flesh. Poem by Adel Ramadi. #Gaza baladimagazine.com/they-want-me...

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Baladi Magazine @baladimagazine.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Half an Hour in Gaza. Poem by Hala Al Khatib. baladimagazine.com/half-an-hour...

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Baladi Magazine @baladimagazine.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Twenty Months in Deir Al-Ballah. Essay by Khaled Al-Qershali. #Gaza baladimagazine.com/twenty-month...

Image of street scene with people walking.

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Baladi Magazine @baladimagazine.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Embracing Life’s Simple Pleasures. Poem by Reem Sleem. Art by Shahd Rajab. baladimagazine.com/embracing-li...

Drawing of a window with a green curtain on the left with an olive branch over it, black window curtain on the right,m and red at the top to look like a Palestinian flag. The window has a kaffeyeh pattern. Red poppy flowers are at the top.

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Baladi Magazine @baladimagazine.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Hermon. Poem and illustration by Sarah Younan baladimagazine.com/hermon/

Watercolor painting of Mount Hermon by Sarah Younan

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Baladi Magazine @baladimagazine.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

This is Beyond Genocide by Khaled Al-Qershali #Gaza baladimagazine.com/this-is-beyo...

Image of people displaced onto the beach in Gaza

Children play in the ruins of a building in Gaza

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Baladi Magazine @baladimagazine.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

The Compelling Artistry of Marah Khaled #Gaza baladimagazine.com/the-compelli...

Imaage of a boy wearing a kaffiyeh holding a slingshot and wrapped in flowering vines.

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Baladi Magazine @baladimagazine.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

ll pleut des yeux – It’s raining eyes. Poem and illustration by Sarah Younan. baladimagazine.com/ll-pleut-des...

A circle like a window with an image of woman's body in red at the bottom of the circle. Clouds and blue sky at the topc of the circle. The background looks like notepaper. As if the drawing is on notepaper.

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Baladi Magazine @baladimagazine.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

baladimagazine.com/in-my-dreams... In My Dreams, I Always Have a Chance. Poem by Lubna Ahmad Abu Dahrouj #Gaza

Image of clouds with dark clouds in the front and white clouds in back lit by sunlight.

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A_FROG_IN_TIME @afrogintime.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Well, I have written a book. It will be available for pre-order in the next 72 hours and available to buy from Amazon 30th September. Carpentry In the Elven Forest - a roller coaster of a fantasy quest told in glorious comedy.

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Spotlight Indie @spotlightindie.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

We are delighted to help share the cover reveal and launch of Carpentry in the Elven Forest, Alex French's fantasy debut. Featuring an epic quest, a mysterious stranger and a sarcastic badger! Happy book launch, @afrogintime.bsky.social! You can learn more here: spotlightindie.co.uk?p=2010

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Baladi Magazine @baladimagazine.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

" بيروت تمطر" "Beirut Rains" by @jdharlock.bsky.social baladimagazine.com/%d8%a8%d9%8a...

Rainy night scene of the city of Beirut, Lebanon.

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J. D. Harlock @jdharlock.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

A poem of mine was featured in the "This Exquisite Topology" anthology released by Angry Gable Press (@angrygablepress.bsky.social)! You can purchase a copy of it from Amazon today: a.co/d/bZ3iyUh #writingcommunity #publishingnews #sciencefiction #fantasy #scifi #sff #sf #poetry

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Baladi Magazine @baladimagazine.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

baladimagazine.com/is-it-a-life/ "Is it A Life?" poem by Tala Albanna

White cat in Gaza sitting in front of a duffle bag. An old car is in the background.

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Baladi Magazine @baladimagazine.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

I pay writers and artists for their work, and my current focus is on publishing mentoring and publishing Palestinian - Gazan and Sudanese writers and artists due to the genocides currently taking place. Even a small donation makes a tremendous difference. ko-fi.com/baladimagazine

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J. D. Harlock @jdharlock.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Baladi Magazine (@baladimagazine.bsky.social) has published an English translation of one of my Arabic poems! Many thanks to editor @laylaazmigoushey.bsky.social 🙏 Read it for free here: baladimagazine.com/%d8%a8%d9%8a... #poem #poetry #Arabic #Arab #MENA #SWANA #publishingnews #writingcommunity

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Baladi Magazine @baladimagazine.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Explore: Islam, Science Fiction and Extraterrestrial Life – a Study by Dr. Jörg Matthias Determann baladimagazine.com/explore-isla...

Photo of Dr. Determann holding his book, Islam, Science Fiction, and Extraterrestrial Life

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Baladi Magazine @baladimagazine.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

A Conversation with Lena Mubsutina, Author of Amreekiya www.youtube.com/live/3lBjSoO...

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Baladi Magazine @baladimagazine.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Isolation by Zoha Kazemi “Isolation” illustration is by Mahour Pourghadim. baladimagazine.com/isolated/

Image of a man standing at a window with tears in his eyes. the text says "They want us to keep hoping, that one day we'll be freed from our isolated glass cells. But its a lie...I know we'll never get out.."

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Baladi Magazine @baladimagazine.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

A String of Thoughts of Life, Death, and In Between by Ahmad Salah Al-Mahdi baladimagazine.com/a-string-of-...

Painting of man sitting on a couch holding a teapot with an alligator in his lap. Portraits of two men hang on the wall behind him.

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Baladi Magazine @baladimagazine.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

The Witches of Ascalon by Sionia Sulaiman @soniasulaiman.bsky.social baladimagazine.com/the-witches-...

Photo of a winding, gnarled olive branch with green leaves.

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Baladi Magazine @baladimagazine.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

WORLDS TO CONSUME – A Dialogue on the Value and Place of Food in Building #Sci-Fi Worlds By Emad El-Din Aysha, PhD baladimagazine.com/worlds-to-co...

Image of a dish of food flying through the air next to flying saucers.

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Baladi Magazine @baladimagazine.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Conversation – A Poem by Lisa Suhair Majaj #Palestine baladimagazine.com/conversation...

Lisa Suhair Majaj standing next to an olive tree.

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Baladi Magazine @baladimagazine.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

I Need You to Speak Up About Palestine Right Now by Marguerite Dabaie @mrrg.bsky.social baladimagazine.com/i-need-you-t...

An image of an imaginary bird that looks like an eagle and has long flaming feathers in its tail. Behind it is a Palestinian flag. There is text that says "As a Palestinian, mu thoughts are often hijacked by others, who perceive so much from so little. But my skin is mine, My thoughts are mine.

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