New Poetry in Translation: Sayed Abolela’s ‘Cinema’
This poem is from a forthcoming collection, مصمم معارك, to be published by the General Egyptian Book Organization.
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New on Bulaq: Episode 120
Listen to episode 120 of the BULAQ podcast, with a focus on literatures of the Maghreb and Mashreq.
Classic Short Fiction: ‘A Criminal Against His Will’
“It was five o’clock in the morning. The station, faintly illuminated by dim lamps, lay beneath a murky canopy of locomotive smoke. Qasim stood beside the steps of one of the coaches, gazing at the station clock.”
In Memory: ‘Oh Stones Cloaked in Grief’
In memory of the July 2025 massacres in Sweida, Syria.
World Cup Lit: From ‘Hot Maroc’
This excerpt appeared in the FOOTBALL issue of ArabLit Quarterly, which you can still get in print and digital.
The Markaz Review Launches Its First Lit Prizes
The Markaz Reviewtoday announced the launch of its first-ever literary prizes for “emerging and established writers from the SWANA (Middle East, North Africa, and Southwest Asia) region and its diasporas” either written in or translated into English.
A Football Chant for Egypt
In celebration of the World Cup, a football chant from Egypt.
World Cup Lit: Syrians on the Pitch
In celebration of the World Cup, writing by Luqman Derky, who is “not only a poet and actor but also a gifted amateur futbulji who, under slightly different circumstances, could well have started a professional career.”
Azhar Writing Prize Announces Its 2026 Winners
The Azhar Writing Prize — a prize for new, unpublished work in English by Arab writers — today announced its first-, second- and third-place winners. The three winners will share a total prize pool of £3850.