PEN Translates’ Latest Winners
Earlier this week, English PEN announced the latest winners of their flagship grant program, the “PEN Translates” award.
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New on Bulaq: Episode 120
Listen to episode 120 of the BULAQ podcast, with a focus on literatures of the Maghreb and Mashreq.
The Markaz Review Launches Its First Lit Prizes
The Markaz Reviewtoday announced the launch of its first-ever literary prizes for “emerging and established writers from the SWANA (Middle East, North Africa, and Southwest Asia) region and its diasporas” either written in or translated into English.
Azhar Writing Prize Announces Its 2026 Winners
The Azhar Writing Prize — a prize for new, unpublished work in English by Arab writers — today announced its first-, second- and third-place winners. The three winners will share a total prize pool of £3850.
Liblib Publishing Wins Beyond Literature Borders Grant
Liblib’s project, called “It’s Our Art Too! — Rehla” will happen between London and Cairo, in cooperation with the built environment collective Megawra.
‘On the Greenwich Line’ Wins James Tait Black Prize
Katharine Halls’ translation of Shady Lewis’s On the Greenwich Line won this year’s James Tait Black Prize in the fiction category.
Mawred Announces Literary ‘Production Award’ Grants
In the literature category, the jury — made up of Hammour Ziade, Jokhka Alharthi, and Asmaa Azaizeh — selected six projects from Sudan, Egypt, Iraq, Oman, Morocco, and Syria.
May Goes On: (Re)-Introducing May Ziadeh
On May 1st—yes, May in May—the English translation of Sawanih Fatat (Musings of a Young Woman) by May Ziadeh arrives as the second title in ArabLit’s ERASED, NOT FORGOTTEN series, following Out of Time: The Collected Short Stories of Samira Azzam (tr. Ranya Abdelrahman).
Sheikh Zayed Book Award Announces 2026 Winners
Organizers at the Sheikh Zayed Book Award (SZBA) today announced their 2026 winners across ten categories.