World Cup Lit: From ‘Hot Maroc’
This excerpt appeared in the FOOTBALL issue of ArabLit Quarterly, which you can still get in print and digital.
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The Markaz Review Launches Its First Lit Prizes
The Markaz Reviewtoday announced the launch of its first-ever literary prizes for “emerging and established writers from the SWANA (Middle East, North Africa, and Southwest Asia) region and its diasporas” either written in or translated into English.
A Football Chant for Egypt
In celebration of the World Cup, a football chant from Egypt.
World Cup Lit: Syrians on the Pitch
In celebration of the World Cup, writing by Luqman Derky, who is “not only a poet and actor but also a gifted amateur futbulji who, under slightly different circumstances, could well have started a professional career.”
Azhar Writing Prize Announces Its 2026 Winners
The Azhar Writing Prize — a prize for new, unpublished work in English by Arab writers — today announced its first-, second- and third-place winners. The three winners will share a total prize pool of £3850.
World Cup Short Fiction: Adania Shibli’s ‘A Tin Ball’
This week, we’re celebrating the World Cup with work from our Fall 2021 FOOTBALL issue.
Forthcoming July 2026: Fantasy and the Fantastic
This month, the magic of Suleima’s ring and a look at the modern Arabic fantastic.
Translating Trauma, the Trauma of Translating
Here, Leri Price talks about the referred trauma (and guilt) of translating testimonies from a genocide, how she worked with translators bringing the book into other languages, and the particular challenges of translating this book.
Sahar Khalifeh’s ‘Free’
In this excerpt from Sahar Khalifeh’s ‘A Novel for My Story,’ by turns playful and serious, the novelist describes the moment she freed herself from her marriage and other people’s expectations of what her life could be.