Six Algerian Novelists Whose Work Is Shaping Algerian Literature
Algerian writer Zakia Allal has put together a list of six Algerian novelists whose works have impacted the country’s literature.
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Writers Select: New & Inventive Algerian Voices
We asked a number of Iraqi writers, translators, and scholars to put together a list of their highlights from Iraqi literature.
5 Arab-Soviet Novels
As a companion to our discussion with translator Margaret Litvin about Sonallah Ibrahim’s Moscow, Litvin has shared a list of five Arab-Soviet novels.
21 Shareable Short Stories by Women for the Shortest Day of the Year
As is our tradition for December 21, a list of 21 short stories for the shortest day of the year.
Listen Now: Bulaq’s ‘Best of 2021’
For our end-of-year book list, co-hosts M Lynx Qualey and Ursula Lindsey made up their own categories — from “best collection by a poet I hadn’t heard of before” ” […]
Published in 2021: Arabic Literature in Catalan, English, Euskera, French, German, Greek, Italian, Malayalam, Portuguese, Spanish, & Turkish Translation
For those who are interested in comparing covers and presentations across language, follow our “six languages, six covers” series over at Instagram.
Forthcoming 2022: Arabic Literature in English Translation
More than 30 Arabic literary works are set to be published in English translation in 2022. As in past years, the novel dominates.
An All-ages Literary Holiday Gift Guide
Literary gift recommendations for music lovers, hodophiles, gastronomes, kids, cat-lovers, and more.
13 Books in Translation: A Literary History of Egypt After 2011
These thirteen books (six novels, three works of literary nonfiction, a graphic novel, a poetry collection, a short-story collection, and a collection of playtexts) provide a not-insubstantial literary landscape of contrasting visions and emotions: