This summer, Banipal Books published Huda Hamed’s The Cinderellas of Muscat, translated by Chip Rossetti. Here, Tugrul, Huda, and Chip talk through the Cinderella figure, the translation process, and the relationship between the author and translator. Huda Hamed’s answers were translated by Chip Rossetti.
Yesterday, we talked with Chip Rossetti about his translation of Reem Al Kamali’s International Prize for Arabic Fiction-shortlisted Rose’s Diaries. Today, we have an excerpt from the middle of the novel, […]
New publishing house ELF Publishing has brought out Emirati author Reem Al Kamali’s International Prize for Arabic Fiction-shortlisted Rose’s Diaries in Chip Rossetti’s English translation. The novel, set in 1960s […]
His collection of short-short fiction, No Windmills in Basra, appeared this week in Chip Rossetti’s translation from Deep Vellum Press.
Bringing a New Audience to Arabic Literature Featuring Michael Cooperson, Sawad Hussain, and Chip Rossetti In 2018, the Sheikh Zayed Book Award launched the translation grant to foster the translation, […]
“Trembling, the small foal scurried between his mother’s legs when the sound of explosions struck his ears and the lightning flash of bombs glimmered in his eyes.”
“It’s a jarring, estranging view of our species, one that particularly suited to the genre of ecofiction: one of its hallmarks is that it aims to question or displace a traditional anthropocentric view of the world.”
This is a very subjective list of ten Arabic works of fiction that prominently feature animals, and that highlight the range of roles that animals have played in Arabic literature..
While more writing from across the Arab world is being translated into other languages, a vast number of classics and modern works of Arabic literature remain untranslated. Our panel of experts on Arabic literature explores the reasons why many great Arabic writers are not yet translated, what makes Arabic literature so rich and varied, and which writers they believe deserve more international attention. They also explore how publishers and readers can get to know the deep canon of great works from the diverse Arab world. Hosted by the Sheikh Zayed Book Award and Publishing Perspectives.
