Women in Translation Month: 10 New Books for 2022
2022-08-01
“At some point you start to feel very patronised.”Continue Reading
Hot, Short, & Fast: 8 Summer Reads
2022-06-21
Today, on the first day of summer and the longest day of the year, we have put together a list of new releases that are hot, fast, and short (and sometimes funny), with an emphasis on collections. Continue Reading
10 Books: Animal Tales in Arabic Literature
2022-06-02
This is a very subjective list of ten Arabic works of fiction that prominently feature animals, and that highlight the range of roles that animals have played in Arabic literature..Continue Reading
A Translator’s Canon of Sudanese Literature
2022-05-24
For our focus on Sudan, scholar, translator, and writer Adil Babikir highlights a few of Sudan’s most important literary greats.Continue Reading
Five to Celebrate International Prize for Arabic Fiction Winner Mohamed Alnaas
2022-05-22
“Today, International Prize for Arabic Fiction chair of judges Shukri Mabkhout announced that Mohamed Alnaas was the prize’s 2022 winner for his debut novel, Bread for Uncle Milad’s Table. Here, five pieces — fiction, memoir, opinion, an interview, and a video — to celebrate Alnaas and his novel.”Continue Reading
Writers Select: New and Inventive Voices in Sudanese Literature
2022-05-19
If you were to choose 4-7 titles that would represent, to you, the most interesting books (perhaps experimental, challenging, or influential in some way) written by Sudanese writers in the last 10 years, what would they be? And (perhaps more importantly) why?Continue Reading
Coming in May: Books by Maya Abu al-Hayyat, Jokha Alharthi, Jabra Ibrahim Jabra & More
2022-05-01
Coming in May: Poetry by Maya Abu al-Hayyat, novels by Najwa Barakat, Jokha Alharthi, Amir Tag Elsir, and more.Continue Reading
10 Works for 10 Years: Celebrating ‘Rusted Radishes’
2022-04-14
Today, the American University in Beirut-based magazine Rusted Radishes celebrates its tenth year with the launch of its tenth issue. Continue Reading
Forthcoming in Translation in April 2022: Classical Mysticism, a Day in the Life of a Tunisian Professor, & More
2022-04-01
Book publication dates shift, and thus we are supplementing the annual list of forthcoming literature in translation with monthly lists, which are hopefully more accurate.Continue Reading
