7 Arabic Books That Foreground the Rain
To celebrate the release of ArabLit Quarterly’s RAIN-themed Spring 2023 issue, we have assembled seven Arabic books in which, in some way or another, rain plays a more or less important role.
Badr Ahmad
Badr Ahmad’s ‘Five Days Untold’ Makes Republic of Consciousness Prize Longlist
The “Republic of Consciousness” Prize yesterday announced their 10-book longlist. There are five translations on the list, including one from Arabic: Badr Ahmad’s Five Days Untold, translated by Christiaan James.
#TranslateThis: Badr Ahmad’s ‘Black Rains’
As Ahmad wrote in his interview with al-Riwayah: “I wanted to write, to scream, to protest, to put my imprint on the forehead of this world. I wanted my sons and daughters to know, a decade or two from now, that their father rejected this war, he rejected all this destruction and exposed the thieves who rode on the wave of the revolution.”