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Magazine Issue #1s

An unexpected tale from a no-longer-forgotten city

A photo essay by Hassan Kamil from Khartoum and Berber April 2023-ongoing
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The Egyptian circus and its victims

Living and dying with lions (and tigers) on the Nile
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The seams are the story

Kin-Long Tong reviews the winner of the National Book Award for Translated Literature
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Le glossaire tardif

Maximilliane Leuschner delves into the latest iteration of the bible of the French language
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Glossary as archive

Zanta Nkumane reviews a brilliantly prolific archive of the slurs, slangs and creative euphemisms which make up the language of queerness across the Arab world
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Translator’s Notebook: Paul Russell-Garrett

We want to highlight the work and processes of one translator, interpreter, or those working in multilingual environments by flicking through their notebooks, both real and metaphorical. In our first
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Medellin: The politics of street art in Colombia’s second city

On a Medellín highway, a crass political banner exposes a fierce, ongoing visual war where spray-painted walls fight to memorialize the city's recently unearthed mass graves.
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N’Djamena: Searching for gas in the Chadian capital

An ecological ban on firewood has ignited a desperate daily pilgrimage. When cooking a warm meal requires scouring the city for scarce butane, survival hangs in the balance.
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Mbabane: A cow for a king in Eswatini

As the time for the annual emaSwati ritual approaches one resident questions whether this tradition is merely a spectacle or a tool for the political elite
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English Only

As America narrows its linguistic identity by executive order, the fight over who gets to be heard —and in what language—returns with new urgency
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On the life-art of Translation

An interview with Jen Calleja—one of Britain’s leading translators—and Gregor Hens—one of Germany’s leading writers—about their new books, and their career-long collaboration
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Massacre of the penguins

A journey into a Patagonian mystery, piecing together the crime that led to a historic trial
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