Poets & Writers Join ‘Fast for Gaza’ December 21, 2023
Poets, writers, scholars, organizers, and others — including the collective at ArabLit — are calling for a “Fast for Gaza” beginning December 21, 2023, from sunrise to sunset, which will […]
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Egypt’s Sawiris Award Announces 2024 Shortlists of Emerging Writer Prizes
DECEMBER 16, 2023 — Yesterday, the Sawiris Foundation announced the shortlists for its 2024 emerging writers and screenwriting awards. The prize is in its nineteenth year. The five-book shortlist for the […]
2024 International Prize for Arabic Fiction Longlist: ‘From 1920s Cairo to Tunisia’s Ancient Book Markets to Famine in 1970s Jerusalem’
DECEMBER 14, 2023 — Former IPAF winner Raja Alem, with her latest novel Bahbel: Makkah Multiverse 1945-2009, was among those on the 16-book longlist for the 2024 International Prize for Arabic Fiction, […]
Cara Piraino Wins 2023 ‘Emerging Translator Prize’ from Comma Press & Bristol Translates
DECEMBER 15, 2023 — Comma Press have announced the winner of their 2023 Emerging Translator Prize, hosted in partnership with Bristol Translates Summer School and the University of Bristol. This year’s focus […]
Winner of 2023 ArabLit Story Prize an ‘Elegant and Evocative Translation’ that Gives New Life to a ‘Timeless Tale’
Today, we make a delayed announcement that the winners of the 2023 ArabLit Story Prize are Dima El Mouallem and Ibrahim al-Koni, for El Mouallem’s translation of al-Koni’s “The Desert Also […]
AlMultaqa Prize for Short-story Collections Announces Five-book Shortlist
DECEMBER 12, 2023 — The Kuwait-based AlMultaqa Prize for Arabic Short Stories has announced their five-book shortlist for the 2023-24 awards cycle. According to judging chair Shahla Ujayli, a former winner […]
New Report Details Damage to Arts & Culture Across Gaza Strip
DECEMBER 7, 2023 — A November 7 report from the NGO “Heritage for Peace” estimated that more than 100 heritage sites had been destroyed in Gaza since the start of the […]
Reports: Writer and Translator Refaat al-Areer Killed in Israeli Airstrike
DECEMBER 7, 2023 — Author, editor, translator, and educator Refaat Alareer reportedly died today in an airstrike on his sister’s home that also killed his brother, sister, and her four children, […]
The Launch of ‘Country of Words: A Transnational Atlas for Palestinian Literature’
On October 17 of this year, Stanford University Press published Refqa Abu-Remaileh’s “Country of Words: A Transnational Atlas for Palestinian Literature,” which is available online at countryofwords.org. The project, made available […]