Youssef Rakha

Author of THE DISSENTERS (Graywolf Press, 2025) and EMISSARIES (Barakunan, out now), &c. Working on POSTMUSLIM (essays). Queries: Ayesha Pande.

Language of Loss

By Youssef Rakha

“The only language of loss left in the world is Arabic.” – Agha Shahid Ali

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