New Short Fiction from Sudan: Rania Mamoun’s ‘Black & White’
Black & White By Rania Mamoun Translated by Nassir A-Sayeid Al-Nour I stepped into my room. I found a young man, tensed and searching for something. He looked inside drawers, […]
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Posts by Marcia Lynx Qualey:
Batool Abu Akleen: Poetry Is What Keeps Me Alive
Nineteen-year-old Palestinian poet Batool Abu Akleen was recently named Modern Poetry in Translation’s “poet in residence,” which entails not quite a residency, but a stipend to write and translate for […]
Poetry in Translation: A Bouquet of Flowers to ‘Wad el-Makki’
Renowned Sudanese poet Mohammed el-Makki Ibrahim composed this poem many years back. It depicts deep yearning for Al Madinah Al Munawarah, the second holiest city in Islam and home to […]
Heba Al-Agha’s ‘Free Poems in the Autumn’
This poem was composed on September 13, 2024, as the first signs of autumn arrive. Free Poems in the Autumn By Heba Al-Agha Translated by Julia Choucair Vizoso How […]
‘To Keep That Wrongness’: Adania Shibli on Relating to Language in ‘Minor Detail’
By Alex Tan On 12 September 2024, the Palestinian writer Adania Shibli was in New York City to speak about her novel Minor Detail in conversation with Ethiopian-American writer Maaza […]
Karima Ahdad, Nasser Rabah, & Azza Abulanwar Win 2024 Arabic Flash Fiction Prizes
ArabLit and Komet Kashakeel announce the winners of the inaugural Arabic Flash Fiction Prize. كريمة أحداد وناصر رباح وعزة أبو الأنوار يفوزون بجوائز القصص الومضية العربية لعام 2024 SEPTEMBER 15, […]
7 Translations & 7 Interviews in Memory of Elias Khoury, 1948-2024
SEPTEMBER 15, 2024 — Lebanese novelist Elias Khoury died on Sunday at the age of 76, according to multiple news accounts. Author of the acclaimed Gate of the Sun, he […]
6 Poems to Celebrate Batool Abu Akleen, MPT’s 2024 Poet in Residence
This week, award-winning Gaza-based Palestinian poet and artist Batool Abu Akleen was named the 2024 Modern Poetry in Translation (MPT) poet-in-residence. MPT editor Ed Cottrell explained that the residencies “are […]
New Poetry by Nasser Rabah: ‘Amjad’
Poet and short-story writer Nasser Rabah is on the list of finalists for this year’s Arabic Flash Fiction Prize from ArabLit and Komet Kashakeel. He and translator Wiam El-Tamami share […]