Asad’s Secret

Palestine, Reviews Asad’s Secret, Najlaa Attallah, Sawad Hussain

Books that Open Worlds: A Palestinian Reader’s Journey

June 17, 2026

“Ultimately, the arrival of Asad’s Secret in English is as much an act of preservation as it is an act of translation.”

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.