Asad’s Secret

Lit Lists Alis al-Bustan, Asad’s Secret, Áthar Barghouthi, Charles Akl, Hussein Barghouthi, Marilyn Booth, Najlaa Attaallah, Red Like Orange, Sa’iba, Sarah Enany, Sawad Hussain, The Third Bank of the Jordan River

Forthcoming June 2026: YA, Classics, and More

June 1, 2026

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.

POETRY

New and featured poetry in translation.

FICTION

Short fiction from the Maghreb and Mashreq.

INTERVIEWS

Talks with authors, translators, publishers, & more.

BETWEEN TWO TRANSLATORS

.An exploration of power and language with Yasmeen Hanoosh

Reviews

A look at Arabic literature and Arabic literature in translation.

May Ziadeh

More on our translation of May Ziadeh's Musings of a Young Woman.

Podcast

Listen to the latest from BULAQ, an Arabic books-centric podcast.

Lit Lists

Listicles of bilingual books, medieval poems, short-short stories and more.