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Issue no. 15

April - July 2025

Unbinding

​1 story every 3 weeks from mid-April until early July

​In this issue, as in the world around us, certainties unravel. Gogol tells a story of words that blur into deeds. Ema Babikwa follows the trail of our unwanted. Aizuddin Mohamed Anuar watches humanity flicker in and out of view. Andleeb Shadani traces the lives of writers imprisoned by words. Finally, as walls threaten to close in around her, Odelia Younge takes (two-wheeled) flight.

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The word we had to learn this week was defenestration

published on 16 April

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Carcasses, they take carcasses

published on 7 May

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He perches/ his sunglasses on/ his forehead

published on 28 May

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I told her that Javed was already in love, not with a girl, but with a dead man called Kafka

published on 18 June

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I would say to myself, 'One day…'/ But that day never came

published on 9 July

Unbinding was curated by Fatima Raja. Stories were edited by Eleni Kotsira, Fatima Raja and Grace Zhou. Interviews were conducted by Ewa Majczak, Laura Moran and Grace Zhou.

The cover image was adapted from a photograph by Rebecca Dongallo and used under CC BY 2.0.

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