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Fragments is our living archive — essays, poetry, fiction, and film gathered across issues. A continuous record of the work we publish, updated as new pieces find their home here.

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Woman Made Out of Lace

FICTION & PROSE

Woman Made Out of Lace

Łukasz Łotoszyński

A literary short story about an aged woman crocheting lace in her final years, as memories of her life surface stitch by stitch - a childhood in a Polish village, an early trauma in a wheat field, an arranged marriage, motherhood, and finally refuge in the company of other women.

Narrow medina street in Marrakech with orange vendors and mopeds

FICTION

Bahr Al-Dhikra: Sea of Memory

Layla Nassar

To walk through an Arab city is to be educated by the senses before the mind has a chance to form an opinion. Colour comes first — then smell, then sound, layered and without hierarchy.

Narrow medina street in Marrakech with orange vendors and mopeds

ESSAY

The Grammar of Colour: A Walk Through the Living Cities of the Arab World

Layla Nassar

To walk through an Arab city is to be educated by the senses before the mind has a chance to form an opinion. Colour comes first — then smell, then sound, layered and without hierarchy.

Narrow medina street in Marrakech with orange vendors and mopeds

INTERVIEW

"The Archive is Always Political": A Conversation with Kamel Daoud

Layla Nassar

To walk through an Arab city is to be educated by the senses before the mind has a chance to form an opinion. Colour comes first — then smell, then sound, layered and without hierarchy.

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