Classic Short Fiction: Muhammed Taymour’s ‘The Eid Whistle’
This classic short fiction was composed in August 1917 by Muhammed Taymour, a pioneer of modern fiction and theatrical literature in Egypt.
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A Resonant Death: Poems & Reflections by Fatima Hassouna
Batool Abu Akleen writes: “Heartsick, I am sharing with you my translations of some of her prose and poetry, as it was her wish to have a RESONANT death.”
Haneen al-Sayegh on Writing Women and Collective Solidarity
International Prize for Arabic Fiction-shortlisted writer Haneen Al-Sayegh talks with ArabLit about the novel that “began as an intimate letter” to her daughter, the collective solidarity of women, and how “many depictions of Arab women in literature remain confined to reductive tropes: the broken, submissive woman pleading for freedom or awaiting salvation.”
Three Arabic Titles Make ‘PEN Presents x International Booker’ Shortlist
English PEN and the Booker Prize Foundation today announced the twelve books — and thirteen translators — shortlisted for the inaugural round of PEN Presents x International Booker Prize, a grant program “launched to support translators from the Global Majority.”
New Fiction: From ‘The Palace on the Higher Hill’
Winner of the 2021 Prix des Cinq Continents de la Francophonie, Karim Kattan’s The Palace on the Higher Hill — beautifully translated by Jeffrey Zuckerman and out this month from Foundry Editions — opens when Faysal receives a letter about the death of aunt he can’t remember.
From Ala Hlehel’s ‘Seven Letters to Umm Kulthum’
The award-winning “Seven Letters to Umm Kulthum” follows the story of a Palestinian family from a small, remote village in the Upper Galilee: the parents, Mustafa and Hajer, and their sons, Yazn and Nur. Events in the novel begin to unfold and unravel on December 8, 1987, when the first Palestinian intifada begins.
New on Bulaq: Arab Women’s Memoirs
In this episode, author, commentator and human rights advocate Khaled Mansour joins us to talk about how reading Arab women’s memoirs can help one gain a new understanding of the region’s collective history.
‘The Voice I Left Behind’: Sondos Sabra
Sondos Sabra is one of four Gaza-based Palestinian authors who have contributed to the forthcoming collection Voices of Resistance, expected this June. Here, she writes, “The air has grown heavier, as though an invisible hand holds its wings, preventing it from soaring.”
Limited Time Offer: Get Then He Sent Prophets for $3 [sponsored]
We are excited to share a special offer with ArabLit subscribers. For two days only, Daraja Press is offering the e-book of Mohamed Seif El Nasr’s novel Then He Sent Prophets at […]