This special issue features the voices of emerging writers from the Fahmidan Mentorship Program. Through global guidance and deep creative engagement, these pieces embody the spirit of learning, growth, and literary craft.

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Art: "Dive School" by Susan Haifleigh

"My collage art is done primarily through “intuitive impulse,” selecting images that resonate with the topic. This piece started with the abstract anemone fronds overlayed on elements of sky, water and earth. Against this backdrop, the fish playfully deep dive and then break the surface, a process that mimics what writers often experience with their evolving work. The fish also speak quite literally to the “school” aspect of the mentorship program itself."