On the Launch of ARABLITe, for Arabic Literature in Spanish Translation
This week, chief editor Danae Fonseca announced the launch of ARABLITe (arablite.org), a Spanish language magazine of Arabic literature in translation.
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2026 Neustadt Prize to Ibrahim Nasrallah
Yesterday evening, organizers announced the great Palestinian novelist and poet Ibrahim Nasrallah as the 29th laureate of the Neustadt International Prize for Literature.
Two Prize-winning Palestinian Authors Freed from Israeli Prisons
Two award-winning Palestinian authors serving life sentences in Israeli prisons were released on October 13 as part of the exchange for Israeli captives held in Gaza.
Entries, Judges Announced for 2025 Banipal Translation Prize
Yesterday, the Banipal Trust for Arab Literature announced both the judging panel for the 2025 prize and the complete list of entries they will be considering for the 2025 Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation, which is now in its twentieth year.
First-ever Winners Announced for ‘PEN Presents x International Booker Prize’
Two of the inaugural six winning projects were books in Arabic: Ireme by Stella Gaitano, with a winning sample translation by Mayada Ibrahim and Najlaa Eltom; and Playing with Soldiers by Tariq Asrawi, with a winning sample translation by Anam Zafar.
4 Arabic Titles Longlisted for 2025 National Translation Awards
The American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) today announced the longlists for the 2025 National Translation Awards in two categories: Poetry and Prose. Three novels translated from Arabic were on the prose longlist, while one poetry collection translated from Arabic made the poetry longlist.
From Doaa Ibrahim’s ‘A Cloud Above My Head’
In this novel, Egyptian author Doaa Ibrahim interrogates mothers and motherhood through the lens of a violently fraught relationship.
Towering Egyptian Novelist Sonallah Ibrahim Dies at 88
Egyptian novelist Sonallah Ibrahim — one of the great literary innovators of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries — died today, the Egyptian Ministry of Culture announced. He was eighty-eight.
Two Palestinian Books Chosen for ‘PEN Translates’ Awards
Yesterday, English PEN announced that their flagship grant program, “PEN Translates,” was granting awards to 14 books from 10 publishers in 13 languages, including two Palestinian titles.