Short Fiction: Mohamed al-Ashry’s ‘The Charcoal Garden’
This story, by Mohamed al-Ashry, was one of four shortlisted by judges Nariman Youssef, Adam Talib, and Jana Elhassan for the 2019 ArabLit Story Prize. As Talib said, “Climate change […]
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7-book Shortlist for 2024 Prix de la Littérature Arabe
JULY 15, 2024 — On Saturday, July 13, the Jean-Luc Lagardère Foundation and the Arab World Institute announced the shortlist for the eleventh annual of Prix de la Littérature Arabe, […]
New Poetry from Wadih Saadeh’s Forthcoming Collection
Late this fall, Tenement Press will be bringing out a selection of work by the celebrated Lebanese-Australian poet Wadih Saadeh, titled A Horse at the Door. The book, forthcoming December […]
‘Workshops for Gaza’ Launches Joint Online Educational Series + Fundraiser
By ArabLit Staff JUNE 2024 — Earlier this month, a group of writers and educators launched “Workshops for Gaza,” and the first workshops are set to be taught in July […]
North Gazan Writer Yousri Alghoul on Fundraising for a Library
By ArabLit Staff Palestinian novelist Yousri Alghoul — who makes his home in north Gaza — turned his personal library into a community space in 2022. When it was destroyed […]
On Abjjad’s Free Ebooks for Gaza
By Olivia Snaije In May, Gaza author and translator Anas Samhan tweeted a request, asking whether anyone knew people who worked at Abjjad, the Jordanian e-book app. People in Gaza […]
On Translating ‘Small, Shining Moments of Crystalline Beauty’
By Tugrul Mende Earlier this year, World Editions published Samar Yazbek’s Where The Wind Calls Home, translated by Leri Price. It centers a young soldier as he lays dying from […]
ArabLit & Komet Kashakeel Open Submissions for 2024 Arabic Flash Fiction Prize
قراءة صوتية عبر الحدود: مسابقة قصص ومضية باللغة العربية ٢٠٢٤ ArabLit is teaming up with كومة كشاكيل│Komet Kashakeel on a new Arabic flash fiction contest, with the support of a […]
Launch Event Today: ‘Gaza! Gaza! Gaza!’
We invite all our readers and supporters around the world to join us at 2 p.m. EST, 7 p.m. UK, 8 p.m. CET, 9 p.m. Cairo/Gaza for the launch of […]