ESSAYS
The Blind Plumber of Tetouan — Eric Calderwood
The Cocaine Coast — Marco Vernaschi
Goodbye, Babylon King — Tyler Stiem
Homegrown Jihad — Nicholas Schmidle
The Invisible Country — Tristan McConnell
The Lost Herd — Anthony Ham
Love of Mother, Glory of Crown — Robert Cohen
Out of the Earth — Nathaniel Myers
The Pirate Port — Jason Florio
Rough Seas — Jori Lewis
Silence Follows: Albert Camus in Algeria — Robert Zaretsky
Wife of the God — Dana Romanoff

FICTION
Doctor on the Nile — Leila Aboulela
Irekefe Island — Helon Habila
Jama’s Journey — Nadifa Mohamed

VQR GALLERY
The Unwanted, Part 1 — Joe Sacco