‘I Don’t Want to Forget Who I Am’
By Mahmoud Al-Shaer ed. Wiam El-Tamami Mahmoud Al-Shaer is a Palestinian editor, curator, poet, and cultural organizer. He is an active and influential member of the cultural field in Gaza, […]
Nonfiction
Mohammad al-Zaqzouq: ‘Where I Write Now’
Where I Write Now By Mohammad al-Zaqzouq Translated by Wiam El-Tamami I remember—a distant childhood memory—a time when we were at the beach. It was one of the few times […]
‘Where I Write Now’: Husam Maarouf
By Husam Maarouf Translated by Wiam El-Tamami I want to tell you this: I miss the cool surface of my bookcase at home. I would lean my back against it, […]
Samah Hasanain’s ‘Nine Moments in Gaza’
Nine Moments in Gaza By Samah Hasanain Translated by Enas Eltorky 1- All speech is merely a brief scene summarizing the story: the wolf steals Laila’s dress, her voice, and […]
An Excerpt from Laila Aljohani’s Memoir, ‘Forty’
Saudi novelist Laila Aljohani is the author of the acclaimed Days of Ignorance, which is out of print in Nancy Robert’s translation, as well as the compelling memoir Forty, a […]
Comix in Translation: An Excerpt from ‘Beirut’ Trilogy
This excerpt from Barrack Zailaa Rima’s graphic-novel-trilogy Beirut, which appears with permission, follows the narrator as they try to reckon with exile. Rima’s time-hopping Beirut is out this fall from […]
‘My Grandfather and the Bookseller’
This essay first appeared in Romman in 2020. My Grandfather and the Bookseller By Abdalla Bayyari Translated by Dima Masri My maternal grandfather was a multilingual reader, and his library, […]
Hanan al-Shaykh on Romance, Writing, & Ihsan Abdel Kouddous
It’s publication day for iconic Egyptian novelist Ihsan Abdel Kouddous’s A Nose and Three Eyes, translated by Jonathan Smolin. In this foreword to the translation, Hanan Al-Shaykh reflects on her […]
From ‘This Moment,’ by Beesan Nateel
The poems, essays, and genre-encompassing reflections in the THIS MOMENT section of the ArabLit Quarterly Spring 2024 “Gaza! Gaza! Gaza!” issue were curated by issue co-editors Muhammad Zaqzooq and Mahmoud […]