This new episode of the BULAQ podcast explores Jordanian literature and writing about the city of Amman with Ibtihal Reda Mahmood, editor and translator of the anthology Snow in Amman: An Anthology of Short Stories from Jordan.
This month, find classic works by Alis al-Bustani and Hussein Barghouti, a YA novel from Palestine, a short-story anthology from Damascus, and a new award-winner from Egypt.
On ArabLit, this has been the “Month of May”: A look forward at new engagements with May Ziadeh, including our collective translation of Ziadeh’s Musings of a Young Woman, translations of May’s poetry, essays reflecting on her work, and more. We also gather the fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and interviews that have appeared this month on ArabLit and beyond.
This month: two graphic novels, a powerful testimonial by Samar Yazbek, and a novel set in Tangier.
A look back at April 2026 in Arabic literature and translation.
This month, a novel set in the Egyptian countryside and two big literary anthologies with Arabic work in English translation.
A look back at March 2026 in Arabic literature and translation.
As publication dates often slip — and new books surface — we try to have a glance at what’s really (to the best of our knowledge) coming in translation from Arabic at the start of each month. If you have more books to add, please let us know.
Forthcoming this month: Two criminal investigations from Algeria, an anthology of raw portraits of Gaza from emerging writers, and a new collection of poems by Ghassan Zaqtan.
