Four Libyan Women Writers You Should Read
For Women in Translation Month (#WiTMonth), we take you on a tour of work by four Libyan women writers. For more on the Libyan literary scene, visit ArabLit’s June 2026 […]
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The Red Suns, Purple Moons, and Gun-Carrying Mice of Syrian Poet Da’ad Haddad
“In her poetry world, the sun is red. The moon is purple. Snow is ubiquitous. Winter is eternal.”
Where is Everybody?
Originally published in December 2012, “Where Is Everybody?” is a celebrated essay by Egyptian writer and novelist Ahmed Khaled Tawfik, later collected in Coffee with Uranium, first published in 2012. […]
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.
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.”