CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION | OBARI GOMBA, NIGERIA

IT’S MIDDAY, DEEPA | WASI AHMED, BANGLADESH  

A MAJESTIC MAN | KHALED ALKHAMISSI, EGYPT  

BLACKIE | EROS ATALIA , PHILIPPINES

MOUNTAINS DO NOT MEET … BUT PEOPLE DO! | ODEH BISHARAT, ISRAEL        

THE PAUL AND PETER PERFORMING ARTS AGENCY INC. , ANNOUNCES: | GALIT DAHAN CARLIBACH, ISRAEL

UNTITLED | CHEN KO HUA, TAIWAN 

DEAR SALMAN | ZP (PRIYA) DALA, SOUTH AFRICA

CAN YOU GET ME SOME HERBS BEFORE U LEAVE? | MARA GENSCHEL, GERMANY

CAST AND COMMUNITY: THE CHARACTER IN FICTION | OBARI GOMBA, NIGERIA

A PORTRAIT OF MARY NAZARETH | MORTADA GZAR, IRAQ

AN AMERICAN FALL | RUEL JOHNSON, GUYANA

FIRST WEEK IN IOWA CITY | AKHIL KATYAL, INDIA

BLOODY TONGUE [AT LANGUAGE’S EDGE] | KO KO THETT, MYANMAR

I’M A 10 KM RUNNER | LEE CHAE WON, SOUTH KOREA

AS A WOMAN | COURTNEY SINA MEREDITH, NEW ZEALAND

IOWA…. OH …. IOWA: A SCREENPLAY | AMANAH MUSTAFI, SINGAPORE     

OCTOBER 15 | NG SUK-YIN VIRGINIA, HONG KONG

SPIRITUAL ATTACK | UKAMAKA OLISAKWE, NIGERIA

LAUGHING LION COFFEE HOUSE | YUSI AVIANTO PAREANOM, INDONESIA

CAMELS CROSSING THROUGH CORN FIELDS | SHENAZ PATEL, MAURITIUS

HABITACIÓN 217 / 231 | CARLOS PATIÑO PEREDA, VENEZUELA

THE COSMOS. OSMOSIS: A STORY IN TWO VOICES. ME, MY MOTHER, AND THE RELIC OF THE COMMUNIST PAST. THE STEPS | VLADIMIR POLEGANOV, BULGARIA

I WON | YAROSLAVA PULINOVICH, RUSSIA

AMBIDEXTROUS | HENSLI RAHN SOLÓRZANO, VENEZUELA

UNDER THE CLASS TREE | LEGODILE ‘DREDD X’ SEGANABENG, BOTSWANA

ON OUR WEDDING DAY | VIVEK SHANBHAG, INDIA

ILT AND PHOTOS | SHIBASAKI TOMOKA, JAPAN

JAYA DEVI | STEPHANOS STEPHANIDES, CYPRUS

DEAR KHALED | HENRIIKKA TAVI, FINLAND

CINCO POEMAS DE AMOR PARA UNA BAILARINA | MARIANO TENCONI BLANCO, ARGENTINA

SILENCE | TETIANA TROITSKAYA, UKRAINE  

HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED THAT? | TSE HAO GUANG, SINGAPORE

DEAR CHAE WON | CHRISTINE YOHANNES, ETHIOPIA

TO THE PRESENT | ALICE S. YOUSEF, PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES

A PIECE OF DAILY LIFE | ZHOU JIANING, CHINA