Lit Lists

9 Short Texts by Libyan Women, in Translation

August 23, 2023

This week’s list — of short works by Libyan women writers — couldn’t focus solely on short stories in translation, or even on excerpts of prose. This week, we’ve also included two poems.

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Writing Their Way Out: 16 Prison Narratives by Arab Women

August 18, 2023

By ArabLit Staff with Alexander Elinson Yesterday, we published an excerpt of Moroccan author and activist Khadija Marouazi’s 2000 prison novel History of Ash, which was published this month in […]

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9 Short Works by Saudi Women, in Translation

August 16, 2023

“In the 1980s, short-story writers, male and female, numbered only a few dozen, but by the beginning of the twenty-first century they were in their hundreds.”

Lit Lists, WiTMonth Ahlam Bsharat, Aisha Ibrahim, Amina Zaydan, Areej Gamal, Fatima Abdulhamid, Iman Humaydan, Inaam Kachachi, Mariam Qahtani, Mouna Ouafik, Rasha Omran, Rula Jurdi, Shahla Ujayli

Women Recommending Women: 12 Arab Authors Share Their Favorites

August 14, 2023

By Essayed Taha To mark Women in Translation Month, we asked 12 Arab women authors to recommend readings by other Arab women that they have enjoyed and admired. The result […]

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9 Short Stories by Jordanian Women, in Translation

August 9, 2023

This year, we continue our Women in Translation Month (#WiTMonth) Wednesday series of “9 Stories” lists.

Interviews, Lit Lists, WiTMonth Asmaa Azaizeh, Eman Hylooz, Kenza Sefrioui, Maha Maamoun, Nadine Chehade, Renad Qubbaj, Taghreed Najjar, Yara el Murr, Yasmina Jraissati

Arab Women of Words: Conversation With 9 Industry Leaders

August 7, 2023

For this year’s Women in Translation Month, we wanted to introduce readers to a few of the women in key roles across the publishing industries across countries in the Maghreb and Mashreq.