Short Fiction: The Tragic Tale of Sudan’s Santa
The Tragic Tale of Sudan’s Santa By Hassan Aljizouli Translated by Lemya Shammat Since my earliest days, the image of Santa Claus has been inseparably tied to a story—simple, true, […]
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Posts by Marcia Lynx Qualey:
‘End-of-Year Sale’: New Poetry by Basman Eldirawi
End-of-Year Sale By Basman Eldirawi Translated by M Lynx Qualey The city now seems like the most fitting place for an end-of-year sale. Bodies are free today, you just have […]
‘When It Rains Blood’: New Poetry by Reem Sleem
When It Rains Blood By Reem Sleem When you walk under the rain, take off your shoes and walk barefoot. Let your feet feel the water on the ground, let […]
‘Normalcy in Every War’: By Jan Dost
We originally ran this poem, by Syrian Kurdish author Jan Dost, in 2020. Dost’s first novel to appear in English, Safe Corridor, is coming next year in Marilyn Booth’s translation. […]
New Short Fiction from Syria: ‘A Bird with a Broken Wing’
Editor’s note: This story — one of the finalists for the 2024 Arabic Flash Fiction Prize, co-run by ArabLit and Komet Kashakeel — is set to appear in a 2025 […]
A Look Back: Arabic Literature Published in Translation in 2024
By ArabLit Staff This year, we have brought lists of literary works translated from Arabic to English, as well as to French, German, Malayalam, and to Portuguese. Thanks to the […]
Samah Hasanain’s ‘Seven Moments in Gaza’
Seven Moments in Gaza By Samah Hasanain Translated by Enas Eltorky * The missile scrapes my memory. I’ve already been struck by death, I die many times before my death. […]
New Poetry by Ramzi Salem: ‘Orange Death’
The poem “موت برتقالي” originally appeared in al-Araby al-Jadeed on December 5, 2024. Orange Death By Ramzi Salem I love autumn, and I hate its shades of orange that remind […]
Flash Fiction Questionnaire: With Laila Hashemi
For our forthcoming bilingual publication — which will feature the fifteen short stories shortlisted for the 2024 Arabic Flash Fiction Prize, co-produced by ArabLit and Komet Kashakeel — we made […]