New Short Fiction from Sudan: ‘A Bunch of Losers’
By Alhassan Bakri Translated by Nassir al-Sayeid al-Nour We were all naughty and talkative as kids, except Idris: he was extremely quiet. He mastered an incredible range of abilities, including […]
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New Short Fiction by Salah H. Ahmed: ‘Chicken Stew’
“The truth is, we didn’t taste it, because the tray came back with nothing on it except the bones—even the sauce had vanished. Your father swore he took onlytwo bites while Sheikh al-Raddi finished the rest. May it give him stomach pain.”
Lit & Found: An Excerpt of ‘The Disappearance of Mr. Nobody’
Ahmed Taibaoui’s Naguib Mahfouz Medal-winning novel The Disappearance of Mr. Nobody was published this week by Hoopoe Fiction, in translation by Jonathan Wright.
Egyptian Dramatist, Poet, and the ‘Sheikh of Arab Translators’ Mohamed Enani Dies at the Cusp of 84
Cairo University Professor Mohamed Enani, also known as the “Sheikh of Arab translators,” passed away on Tuesday January 3, 2023 — just one day ahead of his 84th birthday.
ArabLit’s 10 Most-read Stories, Essays, and Poems of 2022
Removing the promotion of new issues of ArabLit Quarterly magazine, the top ten most-read pieces of 2022.
‘Have You Seen Afifa, Have You Seen Latifa?’ Recovering History Through Folktales
Every year, we run a special holiday gift on December 25. This year, it’s an essay from our most popular edition, the ArabLit Quarterly FOLK issue,
Call for Submissions: THE RAIN Issue of ArabLit Quarterly
The theme of ArabLit Quarterly’s Spring 2023 issue is THE RAIN. Let the submissions rain, let them rain, let them rain.
Our Contributors’ Favorite Reads of 2022
We sent out a note to editors and contributors asking for favorite reads from 2022.
Lit & Found: Six in Translation by Palestinian Poet Olivia Elias
In celebration of the November publication of Chaos, Crossing, written by Olivia Elias and translated from French to English by Kareem James Abu-Zeid, we have gathered six poems by the celebrated Palestinian poet.