“Look, there’s no novels,” a voice suddenly boomed directly above my head. “We don’t sell novels.”
‘Place a Hope Beyond a Hope’: Devotional Literature as Literature
"Devotional literature never gets viewed as literature because people assume it's for devotional purposes."
From ALQ’s Crime Issue: Meet the Banu Sasan
Brad Fox called in from lockdown in Peru to read from -- and discuss -- his translation (or recovery? or adaptation?) of Abu Dulaf's "Song of the Banu Sasan."
Occupation + 100: Listen to This Issue’s Literary Playlist
"The year is 2048, in Palestine. It’s one hundred years after the violent establishment of the state of Israel in 1948—an event known in the Arab world as "the Nakba" or "catastrophe,” forcing more than 700,000 Palestinians to flee their homes."
Launching Today: ArabLit Quarterly Summer 2020, the CRIME Issue
The Summer 2020 issue of ArabLit Quarterly — our issue of summer insight & delight — is now available.
Announcing the Next Two ‘ArabLit Quarterly’ Themes: CRIME and CATS
Those are two separate themes; we are not requesting contributions about criminal or crime-fighting cats; although, naturally, we're open to anything that's evocative, soul-cracking, un-put-downable, fun.
Release Party for First 2020 Issue of ArabLit Quarterly: The Road
If you cannot go to the road, this issue of ArabLit Quarterly (THE ROAD) will come to you.
Call for Submissions: ArabLit Quarterly Winter/Spring 2020, THE ROAD
We prefer pitches to completed works; pitches should be in by January 18.
Print Editions of ArabLit Quarterly THE EYE, and a Poem
We also include a short poem from the issue by Mohammad Nassereddine, translated by Kaylee Lockett.
Release Party for Final 2019 Issue of ‘ArabLit Quarterly: The Eye’
Today, we are e-launching the eye-themed Fall/Winter 2019 issue of ArabLit Quarterly as both PDF and EPUB.
ArabLit Quarterly’s Winter/Spring 2019 Issue Wins ‘Broken Pencil’ Award
Founded in 2017, the BP Zine Award celebrates excellence in the world of independent magazines, with the goal of raising "awareness of the possibilities of independent zine publishing."
Call for Submissions: ArabLit Quarterly’s Fall/Winter 2019 Issue, ‘The Eye’
We prefer pitches to completed works; pitches should be in by October 15, with drafts submitted by November 1, and authors available to work on edits in the month of November.
