Remembering Badr Bin Abdulmohsin, ‘Poet of Light’
By Moneera Al-Ghadeer My beloved has a smile that humbles the light. Her forehead eclipses the moonlight— If a poet’s passing moves nations, then the most celebrated Saudi poet, Badr […]
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Novel by Palestinian Prisoner Basim Khandaqji Wins 2024 International Prize for Arabic Fiction
APRIL 28, 2024 — Judges today announced the winner of the 2024 International Prize for Arabic Fiction: Basim Khandaqji’s قناع بلون السماء (A Mask, the Color of the Sky). The announcement […]
Reem Bassiouney Wins 2024 Sheikh Zayed Book Award for her ‘Fatimid Trilogy’
APRIL 4, 2024 — Organizers of the Sheikh Zayed Book Award announced their 2024 winners today. The list was led by the high-profile literature category, which went to Reem Bassiouney’s […]
Joyce Mansour’s ‘Emerald Wounds’ Makes Griffin Poetry Prize’s 2024 Longlist
March 21, 2024 – The Griffin Poetry Prize — one of the world’s largest and most celebrated poetry prizes — yesterday announced their 2024 longlist. Among the longlistees was Egyptian […]
‘The Silent Poets’: Three Poems by Da’ad Haddad
The iconic Syrian poet Da’ad Haddad (1937-1991) was known by fellow Syrian artists in her lifetime, but — as Ibtihal Rida Mahmood wrote in a profile of the poet — […]
Khadija Marouazi’s ‘History of Ash,’ Alawiya Sobh’s ‘This Thing Called Love’ Shortlisted for EBRD Prize
MARCH 19, 2024 — Organizers today announced the shortlist of the 2024 EBRD Literature Prize. The annual prize has somewhat unusual criteria, in that they award translated literary fiction from […]
‘One Book, Many Communities’ 2024 Read: Mosab Abu Toha’s ‘Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear’
By ArabLit Staff Librarians and Archivists with Palestine — a network of self-defined librarians, archivists, and information workers in solidarity with the Palestinian struggle for self-determination — have announced that […]
Short Stories by 10 Palestinian Women, in English Translation
By ArabLit Staff The history of the Palestinian short story in Arabic is marked by many women writers, from the innovative works of mid-century authors like Samira Azzam (1927-1967); to, […]
Marilyn Booth’s Translation of Jan Dost’s ‘Safe Corridor’ Wins Inaugural Bait AlGhasham DarArab Translation Prize
FEBRUARY 26, 2024 — Organizers today announced that the first-ever Bait AlGhasham DarArab Translation Prize, an international award for the translation of Arabic literature into English, goes to Marilyn Booth’s translation […]