Tawfiq al-Hakim Day: Genius, Humorist, Misogynist, Grouch
The great Egyptian writer Tawfiq al-Hakim (1898-1987) was born on this day in Alexandria.
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Egyptian Author Kamal Ruhayyim, Known for His Trilogy About Egypt’s Jews, Dies at 76
Egyptian novelist Kamal Ruhayyim died late last month, a few days after publisher Dar al-Shorouk brought out his latest novel, وكسة الشاويش. He was 76. Born in Egypt in 1947, […]
New Books in October: An Egyptian Prison Novel, a Lebanese Comic, & More
Book publication dates shift, and thus we are supplementing the annual list of forthcoming literature in translation with monthly lists, which we hope are more accurate. If you know of […]
Writers, Readers Grieve Syrian Novelist Khaled Khalifa (1964-2023)
Shock and grief met news of the passing of beloved, award-winning Syrian novelist Khaled Khalifa, a fierce critic of injustice, keen-eyed polemicist, gifted novelist, avid cook, and warm human being. […]
Ibrahim Fawzy Wins a Second Round of ‘PEN Presents’ Support for Translation of Khalid Al-Nasrallah’s ‘The White Line of Night’
Seven samples, representing seven languages and seven regions have been selected for the second round of PEN Presents; among them is Ibrahim Fawzy’s translation of Khalid Al-Nasrallah’s The White Line […]
Khaled Khalifa’s ‘No One Prayed Over Their Graves,’ tr. Leri Price, Makes 2023 NTA Longlist for Translated Literature
Today, The New Yorker announced the ten-book longlist for the 2023 National Book Awards in the translated literature category. On the list is Khaled Khalifa’s No One Prayed Over Their […]
Recovering “Moroccan Other-Archives”: Reading Literature as a Space for Memory-Making
By Leonie Rau In his new monograph Moroccan Other-Archives. History and Citizenship After State Violence, Brahim El Guabli explores the possibilities of recovering historical narratives in the absence of a […]
Coming in September: A Mauritanian Tale and Palestinian Short Stories
Book publication dates shift, and thus we are supplementing the annual list of forthcoming literature in translation with monthly lists, which we hope are more accurate. If you know of […]
NTA’s 2023 Poetry Longlist Includes Iman Mersal’s ‘The Threshold,’ tr. Robyn Creswell, and Vénus Khoury-Ghata’s ‘The Water People,’ tr. Marilyn Hacker
SEPTEMBER 1, 2023 — The American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) today announced the longlists for the 2023 National Translation Awards (NTA) in Poetry and Prose. Although there were no Arab […]