IN ON THE JOKE: The Launch of the Summer 2022 Issue of ArabLit Quarterly
2022-06-16
Today we’re launching the Summer 2022 JOKE themed issue of ArabLit Quarterly, guest edited by Anam Zafar.Continue Reading
Anam Zafar Wins Inaugural ‘New Translator’s Bursary’ from Stinging Fly
2022-03-09
Stinging Fly magazine today announced that Anam Zafar has been awarded their inaugural “New Translator’s Bursary,” and that her selected translation of Najat Abed Alsamad’s work – along with her note about the process – is now available on their website.Continue Reading
Anam Zafar Wins 2021 Gulf Coast Prize in Translation
2021-12-04
Translator Anam Zafar won the 2021 Gulf Coast Prize in Translation for her work on four stories from Najat Abed Alsamad’s In the Tenderness of War.Continue Reading
On Poets and Stadiums: Announcing the Fall 2021 FOOTBALL-themed Issue of ArabLit Quarterly
2021-09-16
“When Naguib Mahfouz was a boy, he tells us, two paths lay before him. There was the path of the literature he loved to read and write. He could take that path and become a distinguished author. There was also the path of the football he loved to play and the footballers he admired. He could take that, it was said, and become a member of the Egyptian Olympic football team.”Continue Reading
3 Arabic Translators Longlisted for John Dryden Prize, One ‘Highly Commended’
2021-09-08
At the beginning of this week, organizers of the John Dryden Translation Competition announced the winners of their 2021 award.Continue Reading
An Excerpt from Mahmoud Shukair’s ‘Me, My Friend, and the Donkey’
2021-03-22
A humorous donkey detective novel for young adults, set in and around Jerusalem.Continue Reading
