Short Fiction by Ghassan al-Jibai: ‘Nails’
Author and dramatist Ghassan al-Jibai’s مسامير appeared in Arabic in Al-Araby al-Jadeed and on ArabLit in English translation in 2022, after the author’s death, in celebration of his ife and work. […]
Fiction
From Omar Khalifah’s ‘Sand-Catcher’: Mutarjima’s Maqlouba
It’s publication day for Omar Khalifah’s fast-paced, satiric, & thrilling debut novel, Sand-Catcher, translated by Barbara Romaine. In this excerpt, one of the core characters, the journalist known only as […]
New Short Fiction by Ziad A. Mahafza: ‘This Body Isn’t Mine’
This Body isn’t Mine By Ziad A. Mahafza Translated by Adil Babikir When I woke up that night from a prolonged coma, it felt as if I were swimming in […]
Valentine’s Day, During the Time of the War on Gaza
By Eman Abdul Karim Mohammed Al-Natour Several days had passed, no worse and no better than the ones that had come before, and I was weaving with my daily steps […]
New Short Fiction: ‘The Blood of Angels’
The Blood of Angels By Ahmed Salah Al-Mahdi Translated by the author A young astronomer stood gazing in awe at the mountain observatory. In front of Leila stood a massive […]
An Excerpt from Nawara Negm’s ‘You Have Been Blocked’
In You Have Been Blocked, the debut novel by popular writer Nawara Negm — daughter of towering literary figures Safinaz Kazem and Ahmed Fouad Negm — explores a collage of different […]
‘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 […]
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 […]