Rawand Issa & Amy Chiniara on 7 Favorite Lebanese Comics
As part of the discussion around Inside the Giant Fish, a graphic novel written by Rawand Issa and translated by Amy Chiniara, both made a list of some of their favorite comics and graphic novels from Lebanon.Continue Reading
Meet the Judges, Find Dates & Details for the 2023 ArabLit Story Prize
Submissions for the 2023 ArabLit Story Prize are open today.Continue Reading
Sunday Submissions: The Markaz Review ‘Summer Fiction’ Issue
The Markaz Review has opened a call for their July/August “Summer Fiction” issue.Continue Reading
Lit & Found: ‘The Wondrous World of Omar El-Zeenni’
“Oh bride in the tiny grave”Continue Reading
Why Do We Know So Little About Emirati Literature?
“If you doubt me, go ahead and list the names of three Emirati authors you know—and moreover have read a work of their fiction or poetry. See, I told you. It’s not so easy.”Continue Reading
New Short Fiction by Najwa Binshatwan: ‘Click Like’
“Iman is afraid that she’s going to lose her job to AI. I pray to God that it will be like the rest of the inventions, which came to the Arab world only after they’d grown old in their own worlds.”Continue Reading
‘The Common’ Issue 25 Launches Today with Kuwait Special Section
The Amherst, USA-based literary magazine The Common today launches its 25th issue, which features a special section of short stories and art from Kuwait.Continue Reading
Sunday Submissions: Stephen Spender Prize 2023
Submissions for 2023’s edition of the Stephen Spender Prize for for poetry in translation are now open. The Stephen Spender Trust writes: Translate ANY poem from ANY language into English, and win publication and cash prizes! Language lovers and budding poets of all ages are warmly invited to take partContinue Reading
Syrian Writer Haidar Haidar Dies at 87: ‘The Man of the Banquet and the Leopard is Gone’
Social media was flooded with tributes to Syrian writer Haidar Haidar, who died May 5 at the age of 87.Continue Reading
