The Frankfurt Book Fair got underway yesterday with a reduced offering of events covering Arabic literature, amid concerns over the exclusion of Palestinians from the program. Last week, German organization […]
These recent, terrible days have seen — in several European countries — a closing-off and shutting down of cultural events that bring forward Palestinian art, voices, and stories. There was the […]
The phrase “silence for the sake of Gaza” comes from Mahmoud Darwish’s Journal of an Ordinary Grief, as translated by Ibrahim Muhawi. We are pausing publication this week to focus our attention, […]
The great Egyptian writer Tawfiq al-Hakim (1898-1987) was born on this day in Alexandria.
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, […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
