Stories from the Center of the World gathers new writing from the greater Middle East, a region that stretches from Southwest Asia, through the Middle East and Turkey, and across Northern Africa. So, the 25 authors included come from a wide range of cultures and countries and explore a wide range of issues.

Editor of the forthcoming collection Jordan Elgrably is an American, French, and Moroccan writer and translator whose stories and creative nonfiction have appeared in many anthologies and reviews. He will be joined for this reading and discussion by Ahmed Naji, the author of four novels.