9 Short Stories by Iraqi Women, in Translation
2022-08-31
Today, the last in our Women in Translation Month (#WiTMonth) Wednesday series of “9 Stories” lists.Continue Reading
#WiTMonth Fiction: ‘The Sharp Bend at Al-Bakur’
2022-08-29
This story, from Najwa Binshatwan’s acclaimed 2019 collection, An Ongoing Coincidence, won the ArabLit Story Prize that same year in Sawad Hussain’s translation. We re-run it this year as part of Women in Translation Month.Continue Reading
9 Short Stories by Moroccan Women, in Translation
2022-08-24
ArabLit Staff This week, we continue our Women in Translation Month (#WiTMonth) Wednesday series of “9 Stories” lists. In 2021, we featured short fiction by Sudanese and South Sudanese women, by Algerian women, by Egyptian women, and by Syrian women, all in translation. This year, we added nine-story collections of work by Palestinian and Lebanese women writers, also inContinue Reading
9 Short Stories by Lebanese Women, in Translation
2022-08-17
In this ad hoc anthology, we bring together an oral tale that’s been put to paper; classic stories by Emily Nasrallah and Layla Baalbaki; works by emerging writers like Batoul Fahs; and a graphic story by Lena Merhej. Continue Reading
9 Short Stories by Palestinian Women, in Translation
2022-08-10
#WiTMonth lists are necessarily idiosyncratic, reflecting not only the tastes and knowledge of the list-makers, but also what’s available in translation. In this case, our lists also reflect what’s accessible online. Continue Reading
Lit & Found: Three Poems by Taghrid Abdelal
2022-08-05
“I will look at your back / if you come down a little closer.”Continue Reading
#WiTMonth Cover Reveal: Iman Mersal’s ‘The Threshold’
2022-08-04
The collection is coming mid-October and can be pre-ordered on the MacMillan website.Continue Reading
‘If There is a New Feeling, There Must Be a New Word’: A Talk with Nora Amin
2022-08-03
” In order to express what, in her view, has not been spoken about before in Arabic literature—women’s perspective on sexuality, in its various forms, from lust to sexual trauma—the author saw the need to invent her own language, which impacts readers with its clarity and sobriety.”Continue Reading
A Look Back: Women in Translation Month 2021
2021-08-31
“We ran poetry by established and emerging poets — and talked about how women’s poetry in Arabic has changed since the ’90s — published a short story from Iraq, rounded up lists of short stories available online, spoke to writers and scholars, and focused our “Lit & Found” feature on work by women.”Continue Reading
