My extremely nonbinary Arab poem is out!

I write a lot of Arab poems, but I don’t write a ton of nonbinary poems, specifically. So when I wrote “the hookah,” which blends both, I was thrilled that’s what came out!

I’m happy to report “the hookah” is now up at beestung, a literary magazine that publishes nonbinary and gender-expansive folks.

This is also one of my few poems that uses Arabic—not transliterated into English, but actual Arabic—which makes it extra dear to me.

“the hookah” will be in We Had Mansions when it’s released. :)

Give it a read, and let me know what you think!