[This piece originally appeared in Five Dials Number 15 and is reproduced with their kind permission.] In Sophocles’ tragedy, the incestuous Oedipus only gains wisdom after experiencing darkness by piercing his own eyes. For the Greek playwright, wisdom, redemption and […]
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Rawi Hage
In the tradition of Sadat Hasan Manto: A man by the name of X hopped from one shelter to another telling families that the enemy had crossed the line and to be prepared for the worst. When he […]
[Rawi Hage is a Montreal writer. Born in Lebanon, he immigrated to Canada in 1992. His work has appeared in Mizna, a literary journal in Minneapolis, and Al-Jadid, a magazine in Los Angeles]. A call rang out over the whole […]
