‘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 […]
Fiction
An Excerpt of Maya Abu al-Hayyat’s ‘No One Knows Their Blood Type’
What follows is an excerpt from Maya Abu al-Hayyat’s extraordinary No One Knows Their Blood Type, out now in Hazem Jamjoum’s excellent translation from CSU Poetry Center. You can read […]
New Short Fiction: Fadi Azzam’s ‘The Pussy’
Fadi Azzam’s haunting novel Huddud’s House came out this spring from Interlink Books in Ghada Alatrash’s translation. In this new short story, composed this summer, Azzam tells of a dog […]
From Abdelaziz Baraka Sakin’s ‘Samahani’
Abdelaziz Baraka Sakin’s Samahani is out this week from Foundry Editions in team translation by Mayada Ibrahim and Adil Babikir. Samahani–which means “forgive me” in Swahili, stands “in stark contrast […]
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, […]
An Excerpt from Jokha Alharthi’s Latest, ‘Silken Gazelles’
Jokha Alharthi’s Celestial Bodies (tr. Marilyn Booth) was an instant sensation when it became is the first book translated from Arabic — and still the only book translated from Arabic […]
New Short Fiction from Libya: ‘The Italian Doctor’
The Italian Doctor By Mohamad Alarechya Translated by Azza Hasson “I failed to cut my nails today, my hand wouldn’t move, and I was out of cigarettes. I couldn’t stand […]
From ‘Gaza! Gaza! Gaza!’: Short Fiction by Yousri Alghoul
This short story appeared in the “Gaza! Gaza! Gaza!” issue of ArabLit Quarterly. Today My Sight Is Sharp By Yousri Alghoul Translated by Graham Liddell You were totally heedless […]
From Atef Abu Saif’s ‘Walk Don’t Walk’
In Atef Abu Saif’s 2019 novel, set in Jabalia, Gaza, a host of local characters attempt to solve an ever-expanding mystery, each in their own way, but all relying mainly on their imaginations. […]