Stealing Sleep, Reclaiming Tomorrow
In the opening pages of The Sleep Thief by Ibtisam Azem (tr. Sinan Antoon), Palestinian protagonist, Gharib Haifawi, recounts how he was dubbed the “sleep thief” by his interrogators during his imprisonment.
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On Writing and Motherhood
When does motherhood become a muse? For generations, parenting has been humanity’s ultimate act of creation – and yet mothers are sidecasted, primarily portrayed as the bearers of stories rather than the creative mind behind the storytelling. This August, for Women in Translation Month (#WiTMonth), we interviewed two women writers whose journey and experience of motherhood have influenced their craft.
9 Short Texts by Libyan Women, in Translation
This week’s list — of short works by Libyan women writers — couldn’t focus solely on short stories in translation, or even on excerpts of prose. This week, we’ve also included two poems.
Women Recommending Women: 12 Arab Authors Share Their Favorites
By Essayed Taha To mark Women in Translation Month, we asked 12 Arab women authors to recommend readings by other Arab women that they have enjoyed and admired. The result […]
Arab Women of Words: Conversation With 9 Industry Leaders
For this year’s Women in Translation Month, we wanted to introduce readers to a few of the women in key roles across the publishing industries across countries in the Maghreb and Mashreq.
Women in Translation Month: 10 New Books for 2023
“At some point you start to feel very patronised.”
9 Short Stories by Iraqi Women, in Translation
Today, the last in our Women in Translation Month (#WiTMonth) Wednesday series of “9 Stories” lists.
#WiTMonth Fiction: ‘The Sharp Bend at Al-Bakur’
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.
9 Short Stories by Moroccan Women, in Translation
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 […]