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From the KITCHEN: ‘Teita’s Bitter Orange Jam’

From the KITCHEN: 'Teita’s Bitter Orange Jam'
We are around 25% of the way toward our goal with our summer "Buy a Back Issue" campaign. This essay, by Egyptian author and food scholar Salma Serry, appeared in KITCHEN issue of the magazine ...

On Alfeñique and Caring for the Dead

On Alfeñique and Caring for the Dead
This essay is from the Spring 2025 GRIEF issue of ArabLit Quarterly ...

Help Support ArabLit: Buy a Back Issue

Help Support ArabLit: Buy a Back Issue
Join our "buy a back issue" campaign to support our work in 2025-26 ...

‘Ghostly Faces’

'Ghostly Faces'
This essay is from the Spring 2025 GRIEF issue of ArabLit Quarterly ...

‘Afterloss’

'Afterloss'
James Montgomery on "Afterloss," in the new issue of ArabLit Quarterly ...

‘Do Not Reconcile’: From ArabLit Quarterly’s GRIEF

'Do Not Reconcile': From ArabLit Quarterly's GRIEF
"May what we mourn propel us toward our collective liberation." ...

It’s PUBLICATION DAY for ArabLit Quarterly Spring 2025: GRIEF

It's PUBLICATION DAY for ArabLit Quarterly Spring 2025: GRIEF
Starting today, you can find the Spring 2025 GRIEF issue in our online store (arablit.org/shop/), on Gumroad, and in select bookshops worldwide ...

GRIEF Preview: Nasser Rabah’s ‘A Swarm of Ants’

GRIEF Preview: Nasser Rabah's 'A Swarm of Ants'
The Spring 2025 GRIEF issue of ArabLit Quarterly is coming in three days -- on April 30, 2025. Today, a poem from the issue in Wiam El-Tamami's translation ...

Announcing the Launch of our Spring 2024 Issue, with Majalla 28: ‘Gaza! Gaza! Gaza!’

Announcing the Launch of our Spring 2024 Issue, with Majalla 28: 'Gaza! Gaza! Gaza!'
Copies of ArabLit Quarterly's Spring 2024 issue are available for sale through our Gumroad store, at Amazon, and in select bookshops. As always, if you need a free e-copy, email us at info@arablit.org. All profits from this magazine go to our Gaza partners at Majalla 28. Also: Look for more about a launch event on Saturday, May 18, 2024. Mohammed and Mahmoud will be there if at all possible. In this special spring issue, ArabLit Quarterly and Gaza’s Majalla 28 come together to publish words and art from Gaza. In the face of immense death and loss, the brutal and inhumane destruction of cultural and academic infrastructure, and the utter callousness of those in power, co-editors Mohammed Zaqzooq and Mahmoud ...

Call for Submissions to Spring 2024 Issue: ‘Gaza! Gaza! Gaza!’

Call for Submissions to Spring 2024 Issue: 'Gaza! Gaza! Gaza!'
The theme of ArabLit Quarterly’s Spring 2024 issue is Gaza! Gaza! Gaza! Please send us your pitch or completed piece via this Google form or send an email to info@arablit.org. We are looking for art & writing from or with Gaza, created primarily by Palestinians with ties to Gaza, but also from others who have deep knowledge about the histories of Gaza or can translate literatures from and about Gaza. We are keenly interested in pre-nahda Arabic literature that depicts Gaza. We are as happy to accept a pitch as a submission. Our general categories: Poems of any length. Either in Arabic or translated from Arabic to English and other languages. Short fiction. Either submitted in Arabic or translated from Arabic to ...