‘My Father Chased the Free Bird’
“It is the free bird.”
Ghada Alatrash
Excerpt from ‘Huddud’s House,’ Named to Kirkus ‘Best of the Year’ List
Syrian author Fadi Azzam’s Huddud’s House, translated to English by Ghada Alatrash, was recently named one of the Best Books of 2024 by Kirkus Reviews. You can see translator Ghada […]
‘Mercy Killing’: Very Short Fiction by Fadi Azzam
Mercy Killing By Fadi Azzam Translated by Ghada Alatrash She tied his hands and feet, fixed his head between two wooden supports, sealed his mouth with tape, and pinched his […]
New Short Fiction: Fadi Azzam’s ‘The Pussy’
Fadi Azzam’s haunting novel Huddud’s House came out this spring from Interlink Books in Ghada Alatrash’s translation. In this new short story, composed this summer, Azzam tells of a dog […]
‘Today, We Need to Write at Least a Thousand Syrian Novels’
Tugrul Mende, in conversation with Fadi Azzam and Ghada Alatrash In April, Interlink Books published Fadi Azzam’s Huddud’s House—which was longlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction back in 2018—in Dr. […]
‘Underneath the Rubble’: A Short Story from Syria
This short story, by Syrian writer Iyad Shaheen, first appeared in Dahnoon in 2013. Underneath the Rubble By Iyad Shaheen Translated by Ghada Alatrash The earthquake that struck the city […]
On the Anniversary of a Syrian Revolution, An Excerpt of Fadi Azzam’s ‘Huddud’s House’
“The house turned into a beehive, its doors wide open to youth, activists, and intellectuals. Dialogue sessions were held in it to keep abreast of the events in Egypt, Tunis and Libya; and with the start of March, the relationship between Anis and Samia was at its peak”
New Poetry: ‘Mind the Gap,’ a Syrian on the London Underground
On the underground / I sit and contemplate the ceiling. / London passes over me.
New Poetry from Ghassan Al-Jibai: ‘You Call It a Grave, I Call It a Flowerpot’
“I am as you’ve always known me / Arms crossed over my chest / Like a stone bridge”
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