Batool Abu Akleen’s ’48kg’ Makes Warwick Prize Longlist
Organizers today announced the thirteen books translated from twelve languages that have been longlisted for the 2026 Warwick Prize for Women in Translation.
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Coming Oct 2026: An IPAF Winner, a Classic & More
This is an unofficial list and we may have missed some titles; if we have, please let us know at info@arablit.org.
In Cairo, ‘A Renewed Appetite for Egyptian and Arab Literature’
Over at CairoScene, Hassan Tarek reports on book-buying trends in Cairo, with a focus on sales at the Diwan bookstore chain.
New Short Fiction: ‘Denial Likes Small Activities’
This story comes from Hussein al-Abri’s latest collection, Time Slips Away in the Corner (2026).
Mahmoud Darwish: ‘The End of Things’
There are events around the world this September 25-27 celebrating the poetry of Mahmoud Darwish, after the Arab World Institute and Centre Pompidou declared September 25 to be “Mahmoud Darwish Poetry Day.”
It’s (Re)Publication Day for Batool Abu Akleen’s ’48kg’
It’s Publication Day for the Penguin edition of Batool Abu Akleen’s debut poetry collection 48kg, with translations by Graham Liddell, Wiam El-Tamami, Cristina Viti, and Yasmin Zaher.
Poetry in Translation by Fadwa Suleiman
“I’m sitting alone in my room / my clothes scattered around me”
Alaa Alqaisi and What Caution Cannot Do
Today is the Dublin launch of ArabLit contributor Alaa Alqaisi’s The Thin Border: Living in Extra Time. It is available through Skein Press.
Texts After the Screaming
Nour Balousha wrote these two poems “after I stopped screaming, not because it ended, but because I grew too exhausted to keep screaming.”