A Look at What’s New in 2012: Arab and Arabic Literature (in English)
mlynxqualey
I doubt that this list is comprehensive, particularly as concerns “Arab” diaspora literature. Please do post additions below. Also, the list is somewhat mixed & muddled where it concerns US, UK, Australian, and Egyptian release dates. In the first half of 2012, I have 22 titles translated from the Arabic: 12 novels, 6 collections, 2 books of poems, 1 work of creative nonfiction, 1 graphic novel. At least 15 more are slated to come out July – December.
[JANUARY 2012]
Cairo: My City, Our Revolution, by Ahdaf Soueif (Bloomsbury UK) – >>review>>
Brooklyn Heights, Miral al-Tahawy, trans. Samah Selim (AUC Press, US release) >>review forthcoming>>
Gathering of the Tide: An Anthology of Contemporary Arabian Gulf Poetry, eds. Patty Paine, Samia Touati, and Jeff Lodge (Ithaca Press) – >>Q&A with editor>>
Cairo Paris Mebourne, by Maher Abou Elsaoud, trans. Ahmed Fathy (Black Pepper) >>received, reading>>
Poet in Andalucía, by Nathalie Handal (University of Pittsburgh Press) – >>review forthcoming>>
Always Coca-Cola, Alexandra Chrieteh, trans. Michelle Hartman (Interlink) >>review>>
Ibn Fadlan and the Land of Darkness: Arab Travellers in the Far North, trans. Paul Lunde and Caroline Stone (Penguin Classics) >>review from Quarterly Conversation>>
[FEBRUARY 2012]
The Palm House, Tarek Eltayeb, trans. Kareem James Abu Zaid (American University in Cairo Press >>review>>
Homecoming Sixty Years of Egyptian Short Stories, ed. and trans. Denys Johnson-Davies (AUC Press >>reveiw forthcoming>>
[MARCH 2012]
Alone, Together, Mishka Mojabber Mourani and Aida Y. Haddad, trans. Mishka Mojabber Mourani and Aida Y. Haddad (Kutub) >>excerpts, review forthcoming>>
[APRIL 2012]
Like a Straw Bird It Follows Me, Ghassan Zaqtan, trans. Fady Joudah (Yale University Press) >>awaiting copy>>
Azazeel, by Youssef Ziedan, trans. Jonathan Wright (Atlantic – UK relesase) >>review forthcoming>>
As Though She Were Sleeping (April 2012), Elias Khoury, trans. Marilyn Booth (Archipelago, US release) >>review>>
The House of Jasmine, Ibrahim Abdel Meguid trans. Noha Radwan (Interlink World Fiction) >>awaiting copy>>
my name on his tongue: poems, Laila Halaby
(Syracuse University Press) >>awaiting copy>>
A Hand Full of Stars, Rafik Schami, trans. Rika Lesser, (Interlink World Fiction) >>awaiting copy>>
Beyond Love, by Hadiya Hussein, trans. Ikram Masmoudi (Syracuse University Press) >>awaiting copy>>
New Voices from Arabia: The Short Stories–An Anthology from Saudi Arabia, edited by Abdulaziz Al-Sebail and Anthony Calderbank (IB Tauris) >>requesting copy>>
New Voices from Arabia: The Poetry–An Anthology from Saudi Arabia, edited by Saad Al-Bazei (IB Tauris) >>requesting copy>>
A Woman in the Crossfire: Diaries of the Syrian Revolution, Samar Yazbek, trans. Max Weiss (Haus) >>July 2012>>
The Grub Hunter, Amir Tag El Sir, trans. William Hutchins (Heinemann) >>July 2012>>
Diesel,by Thani al-Suwaidi, trans. William Hutchins (Antibookclub) >>July 2012>>
Out of It, by Selma Dabbagh (Bloomsbury USA) >>August 2012; review>>
A Land Without Jasmine, Wajdi al-Ahdal, trans. William Hutchins (Garnet) >>August 2012 – UK release>>
Writing Love: A Syrian Novel, by Khalil Sweileh, trans. Alexa Firat (AUC Press) >>Summer 2012>>
Throwing Sparks, Abdo Khal, trans. Maia Tabet and Michael K. Scott. (BQFP) >>Summer 2012>>
In Praise of Hatred, Khaled Khalifa, trans. Leri Price. (Doubleday UK) >>September 2012>>
The Lady from Tel Aviv, by Rabai al-Madhoun, trans. Elliott Colla (Telegram Books)
The Iraqi Christ, Hassan Blasim, trans. Jonathan Wright (Comma Press – UK release; US release 2013)
Tree of Pearls, Jurji Zaidan, trans. Samah Selim (Syracuse University Press) >>Fall 2012>>
Selections from The Art of Party-Crashing in Medieval Iraq, al-Khatib al-Baghdadi, trans. and illustrated by Emily Selove (Syracuse University Press ) >>Fall 2012>>
Memory in the Flesh, Ahlem Mostaghanemi, re-trans. Raphael Cohen (BQFP) >>September 2012 >>
The Arch and the Butterfly, Mohamed Achaari, trans. Aida Bamia, (BQFP) >>October 2012>>