Meridian, noun. 1.) A great circle on the Earth, passing from north to south, used to designate connection and continuity. 2.) Any of the pathways which energy flows through the human body.
Housed in Northeast Alabama, this independent journal’s mission is to bring together multiple academic fields and non-traditional voices in a place of sustained reflection and debate.
The North Meridian Review is an interdisciplinary journal of scholarship, culture, and the arts. Each issue is comprised of four broad sections. 1.) Peer reviewed scholarship in the fields of history, social sciences, and the humanities. 2.) Prose. 3.) Poetry. 4.) Book reviews.
The North Meridian Review.Current Issue: Volume 6, Issue 1 (2026)
Articles
Front Matter
The North Meridian Review Editorial Staff
Table of Contents
The North Meridian Review Editorial Staff
Introduction
Wesley R. Bishop
Contributor Bios
The North Meridian Review Editorial Staff
Acknowledgements
The North Meridian Review Editorial Staff
Prose
Miracle Poem, Freedom, Love Letter to Palestine
Duha Hassan Al Shaqaqi
Ghazal for Gaza and Gfenocide Deniers, pricly pear cactus: a marker of bulldozed palestinian villages
Jaweerya Mohammad
Life is a Moon, Victim, Sondos is Hiding
Sondos A. Al-Saqqa
"the girl in the white slippers.", "The War On Children"
Johnny Byutorie
Gaza On My Mind
Shan Shan Song
Every time I paint
J.E. Misz
Dear wife and mother
Abigail George
Water to Water
Summer Qabazard
In the absence of the homeland
Mohammad Al-Moghrbi
Artwork
We Are Still Here!
Nada Anwar Rajab
Gaza Grows for the White Kites
Alixa García
Four Paintings
Safaa El-Sharief