Forthcoming 2023: Arabic Literature in English Translation
A selection of the Arabic novels, poetry collections, short-story collections, and classic works forthcoming in 2023.
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kotobli: A Book-discoverability Platform Aiming to ‘Showcase Arabic Books’
“As a first step, readers interested in books from the Arab world or on the Arab world can discover books based on several features: discovering books according to an author’s gender or country of origin, finding books from a specific publisher or country (…), browsing through our book titles and thematic curations to find SWANA-specific subjects (e.g. Egyptian surrealism, prison literature).”
Published in 2022: Arabic Literature in Translation
This year, we have lists of literary works translated from Arabic to English, to German, to Portuguese, and to Malayalam.
Art Director Hassân Al Mohtasib on 5 Years of ALQ
“A good art director intentionally builds a library of images in his subconscious through reading and forgetting.”
5 Years of ArabLit Quarterly: Founding Editor M Lynx Qualey on Beginnings and Endings
“I expect this is a magazine for people who read widely, and they want something different and new.”
Coming in December: Hussein Barghouthi’s Autobiographical ‘The Blue Light,’ Two Iraqi Novels, & More
This month: four new translations of Arabic novels from Palestine, Jordan, and Iraq.
Luke Leafgren on Translation, Najwa Barakat, and Falling Out of Love With His Translations
“I think great literature addresses perennial questions, things that we come back to time and again. Questions of identity and relationship, you know, who we are and how we relate to other people, or the world around us. This novel dives into those questions in a unique and interesting way.”
ArabLit’s 2022 Holiday Gift Guide
Nearly every year, we compile a list of end-of-year gift suggestions, from books to prints to music to dishware and more, all with some relationship to Arab and Arabic literatures and translation.
Sunday Submissions: Kohl Journal
Kohl considers unpublished manuscripts of research that critically engage with existing literature and theories.