7 Arabic Books That Foreground the Rain
To celebrate the release of ArabLit Quarterly’s RAIN-themed Spring 2023 issue, we have assembled seven Arabic books in which, in some way or another, rain plays a more or less important role.
Jabbour Douaihy
Coming in September: Short Stories from Iraq & a Novel from Sudan
New books in translation by Jabbour Douaihy, Diaa Jubaili, and Hammour Ziada.
Coming in July: Books by Joumana Haddad, Jabbour Douaihy & Ghassan Kanafani
Coming in July, books from Lebanon and Palestine.
Translation as Lifeline: Paula Haydar on Translating Jabbour Douaihy
“Translation was my lifeline during Covid. For that I am deeply and eternally grateful to have had such a meaningful outlet and source of inspiration in my life. Nothing gives a person more nourishment for the soul than a good novel, and no one gets more from a literary work than a translator.”
Celebrating Author Jabbour Douaihy (1949-2021) and Publisher Fares Sassine (1947-2021)
“Jabbour Douaihy we are proud to have lived in the same era as you!”
New Books in 2019 from Douaihy, Khalifa, Khoury
Yasmina Jraissati of the RAYA Agency — a finalist for one of the 2019 London Book Fair awards — announced three new and forthcoming titles by high-profile authors that she’s added to her spring list.
/June Rain/ Can Stop Crying Out for English Translation
Seif Salmawy, managing director of Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing (BQFP), says that BQFP and Lebanese author Jabbour Douaihy have just finalized a contract, and the young house will bring out June Rain in English.
Jabbour Douaihy’s /Rain of June/ ‘Cries out for an English Translation’
So says National writer Michael Young, who recently finished reading the book: In 2006, the Lebanese author Jabbour Douaihy published Rain of June, which was later short-listed for the [inaugural] […]