"I’ll never forget the date: It was March 30, 1995, and I still celebrate this day every year, as my literary birthday."
Sunday Submissions: The 2020-21 Residency at Sangam House
"To be considered for a 2020-2021 residency, your application (including separate letter of recommendation) must be received electronically by the end of the day, June 30, 2020."
Bulaq 46: ‘A Woman Shaped by Fear’
In "A Woman Shaped by Fear," we talk about the Wannous’ haunting novel, in lucid, vibrant translation by Jaquette.
Friday Finds: Life Writing by Women in Arabic
Words Without Borders recently published a special section co-edited by Sawad Hussain and Nariman Youssef, "Beyond Representation: Life Writing by Women in Arabic."
New Online Translated Fiction Book Club: Starts Today
Five small presses are kicking off a shared, Zoom-centered, international book club today.
Announcing the Next Two ‘ArabLit Quarterly’ Themes: CRIME and CATS
Those are two separate themes; we are not requesting contributions about criminal or crime-fighting cats; although, naturally, we're open to anything that's evocative, soul-cracking, un-put-downable, fun.
Literary Playlist: Songs for the Years of Lead
Among the features is a literary playlist for Youssef Fadel's "Years of Lead" trilogy.
Release Party for First 2020 Issue of ArabLit Quarterly: The Road
If you cannot go to the road, this issue of ArabLit Quarterly (THE ROAD) will come to you.
Sunday Submissions: ‘Harvard Review’ Seeks Translations
The deadline for submissions is April 8, 2020.
World Poetry Day: 21 Poems by Arab Women (in Translation)
To mark the day, we have a list of 21 poems by Arab women, translated to English, starting with the sixth century and ending with work published in 2020.
Friday Finds: Jan Dost’s ‘A Pleasant Countenance’
"I don’t know how many hours I’d spent in solitary confinement. I was alone with four cold silent walls. I couldn’t hear anyone’s voice in that gloomy cell, and I don’t think anyone could hear me."
Which 9 Arab Poets Are Featured in the New Two Lines Anthology ‘Home’?
"Home," a new bilingual collection of contemporary Arabic poetry, is set for a September release, and it features work from nine poets, hailing from eight different countries, with an emphasis on "the minutiae of everyday life—the pain, the pleasure, the uncertainty, the ennui."
