Winners of Second Annual Bait AlGhasham DarArab Prize
In Muscat, Oman, organizers put on a two-day ceremony to celebrate winners of the second-ever Bait AlGhasham DarArab Translation Prize.
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New ‘Azhar Writing Prize’ Welcomes Submissions
The Azhar Writing Prize, which aims “to increase the representation of Arab voices in English literature,” is open to submissions from Arab writers who “have not had a novel or a collection of short stories published.”
Remembering Iraqi Novelist Mahmoud Saeed
FEBRUARY 4, 2025 — Prolific Iraqi novelist Mahmoud Saeed, who moved to Chicago in 1999 but continued to write about Iraq throughout his life, often boldly, died last week after […]
‘Christ in Dishna’: Short Fiction by Ihsan Abdel Kouddous
Editor’s note: Dishna is an Egyptian village in Qena governorate, near Luxor, on the north bank of the river Nile. This short story, by the towering twentieth-century writer Ihsan Abdel […]
Almultaqa Prize for the Arabic Short Story Announces 2025 Shortlist
JANUARY 15, 2025 — The Kuwait-based Almultaqa Prize for the Arabic Short Story today announced its five-book longlist, which comprises short-story collections by writers from five Arab countries. They are: […]
Judges Call Katharine Halls’ Banipal-winning Translation ‘Brilliant Feat’ & ‘Masterclass’
JANUARY 8, 2025 — Organizers today announced that the 2024 Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation has been awarded to Katharine Halls for her “masterclass” of a translation […]
International Prize for Arabic Fiction Announces 2025’s 16-Book Longlist
JANUARY 7, 2025 — Organizers for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF), one of the most prominent prizes for the Arabic novel, today announced the year’s 16-book longlist. The […]
Almultaqa Prize for the Arabic Short Story Announces 2025 Longlist
DECEMBER 16, 2024 — The Kuwait-based Almultaqa Prize for the Arabic Short Story yesterday announced its ten-book longlist, which comprises short-story collections by writers from seven Arab countries, with the […]
Excerpt from ‘Huddud’s House,’ Named to Kirkus ‘Best of the Year’ List
Syrian author Fadi Azzam’s Huddud’s House, translated to English by Ghada Alatrash, was recently named one of the Best Books of 2024 by Kirkus Reviews. You can see translator Ghada […]