Short Fiction: The Tragic Tale of Sudan’s Santa
The Tragic Tale of Sudan’s Santa By Hassan Aljizouli Translated by Lemya Shammat Since my earliest days, the image of Santa Claus has been inseparably tied to a story—simple, true, […]
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From Mahmoud Abu Hashhash’s ‘Violation’
Poems from Violation By Mahmoud Abu Hashhash Translated by Wiam El-Tamami My friends, faraway and safe in their houses and streets their offices and parks write to me asking: […]
Bowing to the Rose but Never to the Sword: A Tribute to Hashim Siddig
By Adil Babikir NOVEMBER 12, 2024 — Amid horrifying reports of mass killings sweeping their country, the Sudanese people awoke on Saturday to the heartbreaking news of the loss of […]
A Whisper from Sudanese Poet Kamal Elgizouli
Whispers By Kamal Elgizouli Translated by Adil Babakir It’s not murder that I dread. Not even a tragic end. Nor this door being blown down outright, or them storming in […]
The Flash Fiction Questionnaire: With Finalist Basem Suleiman
For our forthcoming bilingual publication — which will feature the fifteen short stories shortlisted for the 2024 Arabic Flash Fiction Prize, co-produced by ArabLit and Komet Kashakeel — we made […]
‘Where I Write Now’: Husam Maarouf
By Husam Maarouf Translated by Wiam El-Tamami I want to tell you this: I miss the cool surface of my bookcase at home. I would lean my back against it, […]
On Mohamed Choukri’s ‘Faces,’ Now Finally in English
Mohamed Choukri’s Faces, the third book in his famous trilogy of fictionalized autobiographical works that began with For Bread Alone, finally came out in Jonas Elbousty’s English translation this month, […]
Dr. Hashim Mirghani Wins Katara Prize for Criticism
By Lemya Shammat OCTOBER 18, 2024 — Dr. Hashim Mirghani Al-Hajj — a distinguished Sudanese writer, critic, and academic — has been awarded the prestigious Katara Novel Prize in the […]
‘Mercy Killing’: Very Short Fiction by Fadi Azzam
Mercy Killing By Fadi Azzam Translated by Ghada Alatrash She tied his hands and feet, fixed his head between two wooden supports, sealed his mouth with tape, and pinched his […]