Saïd Khatibi’s I Resist the River’s Course — on the shortlist for the 2026 International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF), with a winner set to be announced online April 9 — chronicles half a century of Algerian history, from the Second World War to the early 1990s.
Algerian novelist Said Khatibi talks with us about his latest novel, and the conversation turns to organ theft, the global shifts in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, and what he hopes to illuminate with crime novels: not the whodunit, but the why.
On the heels of our conversation with Algerian novelist Amara Lakhous, translator Alex Elinson talks about how he wanted to translate Lakhous’s طير الليل even before he knew it existed, how […]
In this wide-ranging conversation, acclaimed and award-winning Algerian novelist Amara Lakhous talks about writing in multiple languages, the importance of detective novels to democracy, Mediterranean noir, and more. Thank you […]
This short story, by Algerian author Zakia Allal, is part of our new “In Focus: Algeria” section. By Zakia Allal Translated by Leonie Rau It was creeping toward 8:15 pm, […]
Our second focus is Algeria, co-curated by Nadia Ghanem and Leonie Rau.
Algerian writer Zakia Allal has put together a list of six Algerian novelists whose works have impacted the country’s literature.
We asked a number of Iraqi writers, translators, and scholars to put together a list of their highlights from Iraqi literature.
“This chant reflects the intersections of football, politics, socioeconomics, migration, and the feelings of hogra. For those who want to escape the ills of the homeland, the wooden boat is often a symbol of their freedom.”
