“Arab and Western readers are different in what they’re cautious about in the book. Arabs have been anxious about how the book talks about the girl’s sexual identity, alongside her social and political identity, while Westerners have been anxious about how war and suffering might affect young readers.”
They note that “about 20 percent of the published PEN/Heim Translation Fund projects have won or been shortlisted for major literary awards.”
“His stench has reached my palace,” the king said with disgust. “Why have you still not buried him?”
“The novel has an open end and complex allusions, which in my opinion gives more freedom to the dramaturge when writing the script.”
“The title doesn’t reflect the contents of the novel. I choose a title at random. There is no India in the novel, and no king.”
We’re always on the lookout for literary magazines that a) pay contributors, b) are translation-friendly, and c) don’t charge fees.
“We want these works to be produced in the English-speaking world.”
Sleep quiet and safe
seven rose bushes will guard your sleep
and a bird whistling a heavenly tune
“This list is not, in any sense, canonical. Nor is it complete.”
