9 Short Stories by Iraqi Women, in Translation
Today, the last in our Women in Translation Month (#WiTMonth) Wednesday series of “9 Stories” lists.
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#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 […]
9 Short Stories by Lebanese Women, in Translation
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.
9 Short Stories by Palestinian Women, in Translation
#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.
Lit & Found: Three Poems by Taghrid Abdelal
“I will look at your back / if you come down a little closer.”
#WiTMonth Cover Reveal: Iman Mersal’s ‘The Threshold’
The collection is coming mid-October and can be pre-ordered on the MacMillan website.
‘If There is a New Feeling, There Must Be a New Word’: A Talk with Nora Amin
” 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.”
A Look Back: Women in Translation Month 2021
“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.”