Classic Short Fiction by Mohammed Hussein Heikal
In this classic short story, a woman tries to find a love of equals in early twentieth century Cairo.
Nazim Mizhir’s ‘Sad Heron’
“In the beginning, we considered his visit nothing more than an illusion or a daydream, until one evening the village dogs suddenly hushed and stared, bewildered, into the darkness.”
Part Four, Emile Habiby’s ‘The Six-Day Sextet’
This is the story of the protests that broke out in Jerusalem’s Old City on June 5, 1968, marking the one year anniversary of the Six-Day War.
Ramadan Kareem, ya Gaza
“Gaza does not resemble herself in Ramadan.”
Sheikh Zayed Book Award’s 2026 Shortlists
Organizers also note that all literary works on this year’s shortlists will be eligible for translation support from Arabic into any world language.
From Reham Al-Saba’s ‘I Am at Your Door’
I Am at Your Door was written as a last resort for survival, as another form of life. In its pages, we read: “Is there anything more beautiful than writing while you are being exterminated? And here, I mean the ugly meaning of beauty.”
Part Three, Emile Habiby’s ‘The Six-Day Sextet’
Over the next six weeks, we will be publishing installments of Emile Habiby’s The Six-Day Sextet, which is available in an open-access, non-commercial translation by Invisible Dragoman.
Said Khatibi and the Algerian Crime Novel
Algerian novelist Said Khatibi talks with us about his latest novel, and the conversation turns to organ theft, the global shifts in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, and what he hopes to illuminate with crime novels: not the whodunit, but the why.
Chadian Author Wins 2026 Bait AlGhasham DarArab Prize
Organizers of the Bait AlGhasham DarArab Prize today announced 2026’s winning works in three categories: Authors, Translators, and Omani Publications.