Ghurfa 211 is a new Arabic-language periodical focusing on arts and culture published by the Arete Foundation for Arts and Culture in Libya.

Its name comes from the work “Season of Stories” by Khalifa al-Fakhri, in which “he writes that Room 211 is a refuge during the night-time winter rains. When the cafes shake off their patrons and the sitting-rooms their guests, “the only thing you have is to return to Room 211″ where there is loneliness and the gathering words pulsating in the chest until a charge that sifts the feelings fills the body and from it writing begins.”

The first two issues appeared in 2023, containing poetry, short fiction, commentary, essays, and letters by Libyan writers (some translated from English and other languages into Arabic).

See also their facebook site.