An Excerpt from ‘The Djinn’s Apple,’ Out This Month
The Djinn’s Apple is a fast-paced “girl detective meets 1001 Nights” historical YA novel out this month from Neem Tree Press. Winner of an English PEN Translates Award, this short work is […]
Djamila Morani
Translating Children’s Books: Sawad Hussain on ‘The Djinn’s Apple’
For this event on translating children’s literature, Sawad Hussain will talk about her translation from the Algerian Arabic of ‘The Djinn’s Apple’ by Djamila Morani, alongside B.J. Epstein, who will be discussing her translation from the Swedish of ‘The Bird Within Me’.
Friday Finds: YA in Translation by Taghreed Najjar, Djamila Morani, and Sonia Nimr
Words Without Borders has posted a new special issue this kid-lit-heavy month, “Time-Travelers, Fisherwomen, and Sleuths: Arabic Young Adult Literature,” curated by translator Elisabeth Jaquette.
Translate This! 21 Women You Want to Read in English
For Women in Translation Month (#WITMonth), we have assembled 21 women from 12 countries who have no book-length work in English, where, if they did, it would improve your day.