Gateways to a Scorched Land
© Samar Yazbek. Originally published in the Lebanese newspaper al-Hayat, 20 September 2012. Published by arrangement with RAYA, the agency for Arabic literature.
Ongoing and digital illustration
© Sulafa Hijazi. Published by arrangement with the author and artist.
The Thieves’ Market
© Ossama Mohammed. Originally published in the Lebanese newspaper al-Hayat, 15 January 2012. Published by arrangement with the author.
Lettuce Fields
© Khaled Khalifa. Excerpted from the novel La sakakin fi matabekh hathihi al madina (There Are No Knives in the Kitchens of the City), Dar al-Ain (Cairo), 2013. Published by arrangement with RAYA, the agency for Arabic literature.
Revolution 2011 and Chicken Liver
© Khalil Younes. Published by arrangement with the author and artist.
Between the Cultures of Sectarianism and Citizenship
© Hassan Abbas. Published by arrangement with the author.
Banners in the Colours of the Euphrates
Artwork © Kartoneh from Deir al-Zour. Published by arrangement with Kartoneh.
The Art of Persuasion
Posters © Alshaab alsori aref tarekh. Published by arrangement with the collective. Essay © Charlotte Bank. Published by arrangement with the writer. Syrian version of Zaytoun, the Little Refugee, appears courtesy of Mohamed Tayeb.
Cartoons by Kafranbel
Photographs © Mezar Matar. Published by arrangement with the photographer.
Popular Collision
© Omar Alassad. Published by arrangement with the author.
Lens Young
‘Broken’; ‘Mortar Tail’; ‘Laundry’ and ‘Explosion’ © Ziad Homsi. Published by arrangement with the photographer. ‘Cemetery’ © Abed Elmoemen Kbrite. Published by arrangement with the photographer. ‘Toothbrush’ © Muhammad Ramez. Published by arrangement with the photographer. ‘In the Sky’ © Lens Young Hamwi; ‘On the Ground’ © Lens Young Ghoutani; and ‘Chandelier’; ‘Lovers’; ‘Graffiti in Homs’; ‘Waiting’; ‘Destruction’; ‘Panorama’ © Deaa. Published by arrangement with Fadi Haddad and Mosaic Initiative for Syria.
A Black Cloud in a Leaden White Sky, or Death by Stabs of Sorrow
© Ali Safar, 2014. Excerpted from the author’s book Mechanical Diaries. Published by arrangement with Noon Publishing House, UAE.
Literature of the Syrian Uprising
© Robin Yassin-Kassab. Published by arrangement with the author.
Loneliness Pampers Its Victims
© Dara Abdullah. Originally published by Masaa Publishing and Distribution, Bahrain, 2013. Published by arrangement with the author.
Have you Heard the Testimonies of the Photographs, about the Killings in Syria?
© Fadia Lazkani. Published by arrangement with the author.
Regarding the Pain of Others and Damascus 15 Feb 2012 19:47:31
Drawing, screen shot and digital illustration of Damascus 15 Feb 2012 19:47:31, © Khaled Barakeh. Published by arrangement with the author and artist. Poem by the FSA fighter also published by arrangement with the artist. Photographs of the installation Regarding the Pain of Others and Damascus 15 Feb 2012 19:47:31 © Jens Steingässer. Published by arrangement with the photographer.
I’m Positively Sure about the Event
© Rasha Omran. Originally published by the London-based newspaper al-Quds al-Arabi, 13 May 2012. Published by arrangement with the author.
Two Cartoons
© Ali Ferzat. Published by arrangement with Fadi Haddad and Mosaic Initiative for Syria.
Cocktail
© Comic4Syria. First posted on the Comic4Syria Facebook page: www.facebook.com/Comic4Syria, on 10 January 2013. Published by arrangement with the collective.
Lifetimes Stolen
© Yara Badr. Published by arrangement with the author.
Letter for the Future
© Mazen Darwish and Yara Badr. Published by arrangement with Yara Badr.
Daily Occurrences
Introduction © Simon Darø Kristensen. Published by arrangement with the author.
Drawings © Mohamad Omran. Published by arrangement with the artist. Poems ‘Eyes’ and ‘The Voyeur’ © Golan Haji. Published by arrangement with the author. ‘Eyes’ was first published in both Arabic and Italian, in Autumn, Here, Is Magical and Vast, published in Rome in 2013. It was also published in Almustaqbal newspaper, in Beirut. ‘The Voyeur’ first appeared in al-Doha magazine, Qatar, July 2013.
Song in the Revolution
‘Female Refugees’ © Monma, Al-Raas and Al Sayyed Darwish. Published by arrangement with Hani al-Sawah. ‘The Lure of the street’ © Hani al-Sawah. Published by arrangement with the author.
Tashriqa: Prayer for Homs
Poem by Faraj Bayrakdar © Al Jadid Magazine, vol. 17, no. 65,
www.aljadid.com. Published by arrangement with the online journal.
From the Outside Looking In
© Daniel Gorman. Published by arrangement with the author.
Youssef from the Inside
Photographs © Nassouh Zaghlouleh. Published by arrangement with the photographer.
Art & Freedom
Introduction © Amer Matar. Published by arrangement with the author. ‘Freedom Bird’ © Wissam al-Jazairy; ‘Vomit’ © Yasmeen Fanari; ‘The Dick-tator’ © Khaled Abdelwahed; ‘Le roi et le petit’ © Mohamad Omran; ‘Shabih’ © Akram al-Halabi; Untitled and Untitled © Randa Maddah; Untitled © Samara Sallam; ‘Prison 110’ © Rima Badawi; and ‘Scream’ © Amjad Wardeh. All published by arrangement with the artists. ‘When We Destroyed the Symbol of Repression’ and ‘For the Spirit of the Martyr Ghaith Matar and All the Martyrs of Freedom’ © Waseem al-Marzouki; ‘Untitled’ © Nasser Hussein; and ‘A Martyr of Deraa 2’ © Youssef Abdelke. All published by arrangement with Amer Matar.
Syria’s Imperfect Cinema
© Chad Elias and Zaher Omareen. Published by arrangement with the authors.
Who Wants to Kill a Million?
Script and photographs from episodes of Top Goon: Diaries of a Little Dictator © Masasit Mati. Published by arrangement with the collective.
A Plate of Salmon Is Not Completely Cleansed of Blood
© Rasha Abbas. Originally published in Arabic in The Oxygenator, no. 139, 9 December 2012, www.o2publishing.com. Published by arrangement with the author.
The Smartest Guy on Facebook
© Aboud Saeed. Published by arrangement with mikrotext:www.mikrotext.de. The excerpts from The Smartest Guy on Facebook: Status Updates from Syria were first published in 2013 as an e-book by the Berlin-based digital publisher mikrotext.