Die Here, to Live There: Two Poems by Kamal Elgizouli
By Adil Babakir Sudanese poet Kamal Elgizouli, who passed away in the early hours of Monday, November 6 in Cairo, will be remembered in his country and abroad for his […]
November 2023
Sudanese Sound Poet Kamal Elgizouli Dies ‘After a Life Full of Giving’
NOVEMBER 6, 2023 — Sudanese sound poet and human-rights lawyer Kamal Elgizouli, whose work “pops and bristles with his iconic and vibrant marriage of pictorial and auditory,” died in the early […]
Reading Palestinian Children’s Literature, Recommending Picture Books
Reviews by Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp, Ekram Abdelgawad, and Elisabet Risberg Translations from the Swedish by Shaun Whiteside, Faye Wikner, and Eva Apelqvist Palestinian picture books — like picture books in […]
Gazan Poet Mosab Abu Toha Wins Derek Walcott Prize for ‘Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear’
NOVEMBER 3, 2023 — Arrowsmith Press, in conjunction with Boston Playwrights’ Theatre and The Walcott Festival yesterday announced the winner of the third annual Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry: Mosab […]
Samer Abu Hawwash’s ‘It No Longer Matters If Anyone Loves Us’
This poem originally appeared in an-Nahar on October 25. * It No Longer Matters If Anyone Loves Us By Samer Abu Hawwash Translated by Huda Fakhreddine It no longer matters if anyone loves […]
Etisalat Award for Arabic Children’s Literature Announces 2023 Winners
NOVEMBER 1, 2023 — The Etisalat Award for Arabic Children’s Literature today announced the prize’s 2023 winners in five categories. The 2023 winner in the poetry category is “غناء الماء” (Singing […]
Forthcoming November 2023: Two by Palestinian Poet Ghassan Zaqtan, ‘East Jerusalem Noir,’ ‘1970’
Book publication dates shift, and thus we are supplementing the annual list of forthcoming literature in translation with monthly lists, which we hope are more accurate. If you know of […]
Sundress Publications Opens Microgrant, Residency for Palestinian Writers
Sundress Publications has announced that — in an effort to support and uplift Palestinian voices — they have opened two new opportunities for writers around the world of Palestinian descent. […]
Fatima J. Alharthi Wins ‘Cole Swenson Prize for Translation’ with Short Story by Najwa Binshatwan
NOVEMBER 4, 2023 — Last week, the Denver Quarterly announced their annual prizes, and this year’s Cole Swenson Prize for Translation went to Fatima J. Alharthi for her translation of Najwa Binshatwan’s “Hussein […]