New in Translation: Four Poems by Mohammad Abdelbari
“To read Mohammad Albdelbari is to listen to the voice as well as the silence.’
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Moroccan Poets Nisrine Mbarki, Mustafa Stitou Nominated for Prestigious Herman de Koninckprijs
Nisrine Mbarki and Mustafa Stitou have made the six-book shortlist of the prestigious Herman de Koninckprijs, a literary prize for the best poetry collection written in Dutch or Flemish.
New Short Fiction: Alhassan Bakri’s ‘Field Marshal Trapped in a Bathroom’
When the field marshal heard the roar coming through the north-facing window of the spacious restroom, he was taken aback.
Bothayna Al-Essa Named 2023 BCLT Writer in Residence
The British Centre for Literary Translation has announced that their Arabic writer-in-residence this summer will be Bothayna Al-Essa, who will join workshop leader Nariman Youssef at their annual literary translation summer school.
‘#There_Is_a_Voice’: A Plea to Continue the Search for Earthquake Victims
“Do you know what it feels like to put your head on the ground with the hopes that you may hear the voice of someone you love?”
Organizers Announce 2023 Winners of the Tayeb Salih International Award for Creative Writing
FEBRUARY 15, 2023 – Today, the board of the Tayeb Salih International Award for Creative Writing announced the winning works in the award’s thirteenth edition. The award, sponsored by Zain telecommunications, […]
Poetry Revisited: Fadi Azzam’s ‘If You Are Syrian These Days …’
By Fadi Azzam Translated by Ghada Alatrash –If you are Syrian these days, you stand shielded and exposed, you are the awakening and the delusion, and the dream and the nightmare, all […]
An Excerpt from Jan Dost’s ‘A Green Bus Leaving Aleppo’
A Red Crescent flag fluttered from the small ambulance that arrived, parking beside the green bus where Abu Layla sat with the rest of the fighters and civilians and women and men and children.
2023 Comma Press Emerging Translator Prize to Focus on Arabic
This year’s Emerging Translator Prize, co-sponsored by the Bristol Translates! workshop and Comma Press, will focus on Arabic.