This tender story won the ArabLit/Komet Kashakeel 2024 Arabic Flash Fiction Prize and is featured in our new collection, Slender Thorns, which you can buy as a print or ebook. You can also hear this story read by professional voice actor Houda Echouafni, in Arabic and English, at our YouTube channel.
It’s Publication Day for our new short-story anthology, Slender Thorns: Award-winning Flash Fiction in Arabic and English.
Egyptian writer Doha Saleh was a finalist for the 2024 prize with her story “Mercy Killing!” (!قتلٌ رحيم). This project is funded by the British Council’s Beyond Literature Borders programme corun by Speaking Volumes Live Literature Productions.
Syrian writer Emad Saad was a finalist for the 2024 prize with his story “Bird with a Broken Wing” (طائر بجناح مكسور). This project is funded by the British Council’s Beyond Literature Borders programme corun by Speaking Volumes Live Literature Productions.
Editor’s note: This story — one of the finalists for the 2024 Arabic Flash Fiction Prize, co-run by ArabLit and Komet Kashakeel — is set to appear in a 2025 […]
Syrian writer Haidara Nabeel Assad was a finalist for the 2024 prize with his story “The Boy on the Bus with Gooseflesh” (فتى الحافلة ذو القشعريرة).
Moroccan writer Karima Ahdad was the first-place winner of the 2024 prize with her short story “A Slender Thorn Digs into My Foot” (شوكةٌ رفيعة تحفر عميقاً في قدمي).
Egyptian writer Loqman Hussain was a finalist for the 2024 prize with his story “He Said: I’ll Kill You” (قال: «لأقتلنَّك»).
SEPTEMBER 9, 2024 – ArabLit and Komet Kashakeel are delighted to announce the finalists for this year’s Arabic Flash Fiction prize. | خمس عشر قصة مرشحة لجائزة قصص ومضية باللغة […]
