Our Contributors’ Favorite Reads of 2022
We sent out a note to editors and contributors asking for favorite reads from 2022.
Lit Lists
Authors and Translators Who Left Us in 2022
We look back at a few of the influential authors whose deaths we marked in 2022. February 2022 Moroccan author Driss El Khouri died in his home in Salé. He was […]
5 Books: Palestinian Short-story Collections
In addition to Out of Time: The Collected Short Stories of Samira Azzam, translated by Ranya Abdelrahman, we also recommend these five collections.
A Literary Playlist for Samira Azzam’s ‘Out of Time’
“When I asked when they sang this song, they said: ‘at weddings!’”
ArabLit’s 2022 Holiday Gift Guide
Nearly every year, we compile a list of end-of-year gift suggestions, from books to prints to music to dishware and more, all with some relationship to Arab and Arabic literatures and translation.
Recommended Reading: Novelist Hadiya Hussein on 5 Iraqi Books
Iraqi novelist Hadiya Hussein recommends five works of Iraqi literature.
According to the Swedish Academy Archives: Five Arab Writers Who’ve Been Considered for the Nobel
As early October is Nobel season, we wanted to take the opportunity to look back at the Arab authors who have been under consideration for the prize.
10 Years, 10 Books: The Changes to the Landscape of Kuwaiti Literature in English
In the years since, the landscape of Kuwaiti literature written in English — or translated to English — has changed significantly.
9 Short Stories by Iraqi Women, in Translation
Today, the last in our Women in Translation Month (#WiTMonth) Wednesday series of “9 Stories” lists.