Three Translations of Asmaa Azaizeh’s ‘Dragonflies’
2022-08-16
These three translations of Asmaa Azaizeh’s “Dragonflies” appeared in the first issue of ArabLit Quarterly, which came out in the fall of 2018.Continue Reading
Lit & Found: Asmaa Azaizeh’s ‘Reflection’
2021-09-17
“Yesterday, I handed all my poems to my publisher. / I feel like I handed him my head / and the words I speak from now on
/ will come out of his mouth. / What a disaster!”
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On Why Women’s Poetry in Arabic is Where It’s At
2021-08-02
“For me, actually, I think we are impacted by male writers who are writing now, and they are writing about broken masculinity, which I don’t like either. So maybe women are free of this, relatively. Maybe they are marginalized, so they have more opportunity to think, to write.”Continue Reading
Sunday Submissions: Wales PEN Cymru Translation Challenge
2021-05-02
Wales PEN Cymru is accepting submissions for their Translation Challenge until May 31.Continue Reading
Asmaa Azaizeh’s ‘Dragonflies’ in Three Languages
2020-08-06
“Every time we stopped in the shade of a tree, / one of us would shout: ‘Here we are!’ / A fantasy mightier than mountains.”Continue Reading
Pub Day for ‘ArabLit Quarterly Fall 2018: Beginnings’
2018-11-15
Today is publication day for the first-ever ArabLit Quarterly.Continue Reading
