Forthcoming June 2026: YA, Classics, and More
This month, find classic works by Alis al-Bustani and Hussein Barghouti, a YA novel from Palestine, a short-story anthology from Damascus, and a new award-winner from Egypt.
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A Look Back at ArabLit in May 2026
On ArabLit, this has been the “Month of May”: A look forward at new engagements with May Ziadeh, including our collective translation of Ziadeh’s Musings of a Young Woman, translations of May’s poetry, essays reflecting on her work, and more. We also gather the fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and interviews that have appeared this month on ArabLit and beyond.
‘On the Greenwich Line’ Wins James Tait Black Prize
Katharine Halls’ translation of Shady Lewis’s On the Greenwich Line won this year’s James Tait Black Prize in the fiction category.
Five Poems by May Ziadeh
“sometimes my soul is wild, / an egret flying far / beyond the ocean’s edge, // and sometimes I curl up, / tender as an anemone when touched, / as salty and as damp.”
‘My Father Chased the Free Bird’
“It is the free bird.”
Translating for the Egyptian Stage
In this “BETWEEN TWO ARABIC TRANSLATORS” conversation, Yasmeen Hanoosh and Sarah Enany talk about some of the particulars about translating for the stage and, particularly, for song.
In Memory of May, by May Ziadé
“Are you related to *the* May Ziadeh?”
Classic Short Fiction: East Is East
“He stood bewildered at the crossroads, not knowing which way to take.” Classic short fiction about Arabs in early twentieth century Paris by Fouad Elshayeb.
Why Bring May Ziadeh into English? Why Now?
We asked ourselves (and each other) why we wanted to bring May Ziadeh’s Musings of a Young Woman into English. Why May? And why now?