Leonie Boettiger

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Poetry Jérémy Robert, Olivia Elias, Sarah Riggs, Ton Nom de Palestine

From ‘Your Name, Palestine’ by Olivia Elias

October 11, 2023

“Eyes fixed on the Mediterranean /
mirage shimmering from afar /
we sail from island to island /
between walls and barbed wire”

News Tawfiq al-Hakim

Tawfiq al-Hakim Day: Genius, Humorist, Misogynist, Grouch

October 9, 2023

The great Egyptian writer Tawfiq al-Hakim (1898-1987) was born on this day in Alexandria.

Poetry classical poetry, hunting poetry, James E Montgomery, Library of Arabic Literature

Hunting Poems by a One-Day Caliph from the Library of Arabic Literature

October 5, 2023

In early September, the Library of Arabic Literature published a new collection of hunting poems by Abbasid litterateur, poet, and caliph for a day Ibn al-Mu’tazz (247/861–296/908), in James E. […]

Lit Lists

A Non-Exhaustive List: Audiobook Editions of Arabic-to-English Translations

September 26, 2023

By ArabLit staff A decade ago, very few Arabic works in translation had been turned into audiobooks. Although the BBC often produced readings of individual short stories — as well […]

News, Reviews Brahim El Guabli, historical fiction, Moroccan literature, Years of Lead

Recovering “Moroccan Other-Archives”: Reading Literature as a Space for Memory-Making

September 6, 2023

By Leonie Rau In his new monograph Moroccan Other-Archives. History and Citizenship After State Violence, Brahim El Guabli explores the possibilities of recovering historical narratives in the absence of a […]

From ArabLit Quarterly, Morocco, Nonfiction football, Morocco, Yassin Adnan

‘Matters of National Football’

September 6, 2023

In honor of today’s match, we’re running this essay from our beloved FOOTBALL issue, by Moroccan author Yassin Adnan, translated by Moroccan translator Hicham Rafik, with photographs by Moroccan photographer Omar Mesrar.

Lit & Found Lit & Found, Sinan Antoon, Zakaria Mohammed

Lit & Found: Poems by the Late Zakaria Mohammed

September 1, 2023

Palestinian poet Zakaria Mohammed passed away aged 73 on August 2, 2023. The winner of the 2020 Mahmoud Darwish Prize for Culture and Creativity, Mohammed published several novels and plays, […]