Forthcoming November 2026: Dalia Taha and Sonallah Ibrahim
Forthcoming this month are poetry from Palestine and a classic by iconic Egyptian novelist Sonallah Ibrahim.
” Dalia Taha
New Poetry in Translation: Enter ‘Butterfly’s Burden’
In this poem, Dalia Taha writes that she “picked up ‘The Butterfly’s Burden’ / and could not put it down.”
Palestinian Playwright Dalia Taha Wins Royal Court Theatre Commission
“I think that Palestine has done a lot more for British theatre practitioners than we could ever do for them.”
In/for Translation: 5 Arab Women Playwrights
The “In/for Translation” series — set to run Tuesdays in August — focuses on work by women that we recommend either in or for English translation. Here, work by five Arab women playwrights.