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 […]
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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 […]
Asmaa Dwaima: ‘A Sentence About Death’
A Sentence About Death By Asmaa Dwaima Translated by the ArabLit collective I would have been happy to die a martyr, but not in the way I see people dying […]
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, […]
Novelist Ibtisam Azem on Absence, Presence, and Disappearance
Last month, the UK edition of Ibtisam Azem’s The Book of Disappearance appeared in Sinan Antoon’s translation from And Other Stories. Rahael Mathews took the opportunity to discuss this compelling […]