Al Hayya #4

Al Hayya publishes literary and visual content on the works, interests and strife of women in the context of South West Asia and North Africa. From the same team that produces Journal Safar, Al Hayya features interviews, opinion pieces and visual essays.

In this issue: Dreams of Liberation

Issue #4 traces resistance in the home, on the streets, across borders, and within the self. From Gaza, where genocide compresses time into isolated minutes, to everyday acts of defiance in diaspora, it explores the weight of struggle as both personal and collective. Featuring a rare interview with Palestinian revolutionary Leila Khaled, a conversation with Françoise Vergès, photo essays by Maen Hammad, Amal Al-Nakhala, Nader Bahsoun, Sarah Kontar, and Hannah La Follette Ryan, and reflections on sound, memory, and political devotion—this issue makes clear that resistance is not always loud.

 Beirut, Lebanon; 210 x 280mm; 144 pages; bilingual in Arabic and English; 2025