Christiaan James

News Barbara Romaine', Bushra al-Maqtari, Catherine Cobham, Christiaan James, forthcoming 2022, Hadiya Hussein, Iman Mersal, Mohammed AlAjmi, Nouri Al-Jarrah, Robyn Creswell, Sawad Hussain

Coming in October: Iman Mersal, Bushra al-Maqtari & more

October 1, 2022

This month, we can look forward to new non-fiction, poetry, and novels in translation.

News Badr Ahmad, Christiaan James, Republic of Consciousness Prize

Badr Ahmad’s ‘Five Days Untold’ Makes Republic of Consciousness Prize Longlist

February 16, 2022

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.

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.

From the Quarterly

Featured poetry, fiction, and essays from our magazine.

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.