Spring 2026 · Vol. I · No. 2 Rabat · Paris · London

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◆ Department

Fiction

Short stories and novel excerpts — original fiction by contemporary writers.

The Remainder

A hammal carries a charred fragment across a silenced world, toward an archive that has been waiting a hundred and sixty years.

Fiction

Short Story

A story in five parts. The baqiya — the remainder — is what compression cannot take.

The Bookseller of Rue du Consul

Fiction

Short Story

An elderly Rabat bookseller receives a mysterious visitor seeking a book that may no longer exist, and discovers that the search itself is what matters.

Tangier, 1956

An excerpt from the novel-in-progress.

Fiction

Novel Excerpt

A diplomat observes the unraveling of the International Zone in its final days, caught between nations and uncertain allegiances.

The Apricot Trees of Meknès

Fiction

Short Story

An elderly woman inherits her late mother’s garden and discovers what it means to carry forward a legacy written in soil and seasons.