On March 13, Poems for and after Mahmoud Darwish
“Perhaps you’re there now / You watch what’s happening from afar, / and with the silence of a god, / decide to do nothing.”
Lit Lists
Books Forthcoming in Translation This Month: Time Traveling Children, Palestinian Memoir, Emirati Poetry, & More
“This month, we launch a new feature. At the start of each month, we’ll profile the literature forthcoming in translation that month.”
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.
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.