Ten years after the death of the great Radwa Ashour (1946-2014), AUC Press has finally published Ashour’s complete Granada trilogy — her best-known work — in English translation. Published in […]
By Essayed Taha To mark Women in Translation Month, we asked 12 Arab women authors to recommend readings by other Arab women that they have enjoyed and admired. The result […]
Unfortunately, extra production time has not meant a smooth English version of this compelling and complex novel. The translation has too many strangely turned-out sentences, which mimic the Arabic but fail to clearly express the essence of the prose.
Yesterday, Youm 7 quoted Amina Zaydan—who has won the prestigious Naguib Mahfouz medal for her novel Red Wine—as saying you shouldn’t put your money on a female “Arabic Booker” winner this year.
