Forthcoming December 2024: Satire, Poetry, & Women on Prison
If you know of other Arabic books forthcoming in translation in December 2024 that should be added to this list, please let us know either in the comments or at […]
Haifa Zangana
Haifa Zangana on Translation as Revisiting the Past
“At the time of writing the novella, I was preoccupied with a question: Is there is free will? Naturally, this question led to others: And how does it fit in a socially controlled life? How can individuals who arrived to London, not by choice, escape the new constraints?”
On Being Wanderers in a Cosmopolitan City: A Conversation with Wen-chin Ouyang
“Haifa is a friend, and translating her every day felt like having her close by all the time. Her stories are meditative. Translating her became a ritual for me. It got me through some of the darkest days of my life.”
Women’s Nonfiction on Political Detention: From Iraq to Palestine
“Absent, however, were the stories and experiences of women prisoners of conscience.”