Tunisian Story-spinner Hassouna Mosbahi Dead at 75
Prolific and influential Tunisian novelist Hassouna Mosbahi died this past Wednesday at the age of 75.
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Launching ARABLITe: Revista de Literatura Arabe Traducida
On September 15, 2025, ArabLit will launch ARABLITe, an online magazine devoted to Arabic literature and its translations into Spanish and other co-official languages, such as Catalan, Basque or Galician, and Guaraní, Quechua or Aymara.
Apply: Two Free Spots in ‘Bristol Translates’ Summer School
An anonymous donor is sponsoring two spots for the Arabic-English strand with Sawad Hussain in the Bristol Translates summer school taking place this July 7th-11th.
Batool Abu Akleen Takes Third Place in 2025 London Magazine Poetry Prize
Palestinian poet-translator Batool Abu Akleen took third place in the 2025 London Magazine Poetry Prize for her “Gunpowder.”
Mohamed Samir Nada’s ‘The Prayer of Anxiety’ Wins 2025 IPAF
Mohamed Samir Nada’s The Prayer of Anxiety has won the 2025 International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF).
Three Arabic Titles Make ‘PEN Presents x International Booker’ Shortlist
English PEN and the Booker Prize Foundation today announced the twelve books — and thirteen translators — shortlisted for the inaugural round of PEN Presents x International Booker Prize, a grant program “launched to support translators from the Global Majority.”
Hoda Barakat Wins 2025 Sheikh Zayed Book Award
Yesterday, Lebanese-French author Hoda Barakat won the Sheikh Zayed Book Award (SZBA) in the prize’s literature category, for her 2024 novel Hind, or the Most Beautiful Woman in the World.
Bait AlGhasham DarArab Prize Opens with New Category
The Bait AlGhasham DarArab International Translation Prize is set to open submissions tomorrow for is 2026 award. The prize, now in its third year, aims to “celebrate outstanding Arabic literature and promote its presence globally through translation.”
Three Novels on 2025 Sheikh Zayed Shortlist
Organizers of the Sheikh Zayed Book Award today announced their 2025 shortlists in seven categories; this year, each was just a short three-book list.