New on BULAQ: Writing from Amman
This new episode of the BULAQ podcast explores Jordanian literature and writing about the city of Amman with Ibtihal Reda Mahmood, editor and translator of the anthology Snow in Amman: An Anthology of Short Stories from Jordan ...
Forthcoming June 2026: YA, Classics, and More
This month, find classic works by Alis al-Bustani and Hussein Barghouti, a YA novel from Palestine, a short-story anthology from Damascus, and a new award-winner from Egypt ...
A Look Back at ArabLit in May 2026
On ArabLit, this has been the "Month of May": A look forward at new engagements with May Ziadeh, including our collective translation of Ziadeh's Musings of a Young Woman, translations of May's poetry, essays reflecting on her work, and more. We also gather the fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and interviews that have appeared this month on ArabLit and beyond ...
Forthcoming May 2026: Two Graphic Novels, Powerful Nonfiction
This month: two graphic novels, a powerful testimonial by Samar Yazbek, and a novel set in Tangier ...
A Look Back at ArabLit: April 2026
A look back at April 2026 in Arabic literature and translation ...
Forthcoming April 2026
This month, a novel set in the Egyptian countryside and two big literary anthologies with Arabic work in English translation ...
A Look Back at ArabLit: March 2026
A look back at March 2026 in Arabic literature and translation ...
Forthcoming March 2026: Big Novels and Intimate Short Stories
As publication dates often slip — and new books surface — we try to have a glance at what’s really (to the best of our knowledge) coming in translation from Arabic at the start of each month. If you have more books to add, please let us know ...
Forthcoming February 2026: Thrillers from Algeria, Emerging Voices from Gaza, and More
Forthcoming this month: Two criminal investigations from Algeria, an anthology of raw portraits of Gaza from emerging writers, and a new collection of poems by Ghassan Zaqtan ...
Forthcoming 2026: Arabic Literature in Translation
An ongoing list of Arabic literature in translation forthcoming in 2026 ...
