Coming in September: Short Stories from Iraq & a Novel from Sudan
2022-09-01
New books in translation by Jabbour Douaihy, Diaa Jubaili, and Hammour Ziada.Continue Reading
Coming in July: Books by Joumana Haddad, Jabbour Douaihy & Ghassan Kanafani
2022-07-05
Coming in July, books from Lebanon and Palestine.Continue Reading
Translation as Lifeline: Paula Haydar on Translating Jabbour Douaihy
2022-03-03
“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.”Continue Reading
Celebrating Author Jabbour Douaihy (1949-2021) and Publisher Fares Sassine (1947-2021)
2021-07-25
“Jabbour Douaihy we are proud to have lived in the same era as you!”Continue Reading
New Books in 2019 from Douaihy, Khalifa, Khoury
2019-03-02
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.Continue Reading
/June Rain/ Can Stop Crying Out for English Translation
2010-07-29
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.Continue Reading
Jabbour Douaihy’s /Rain of June/ ‘Cries out for an English Translation’
2010-07-29
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] Arabic version of the Booker Prize. The book has received recognition outside the Arab world, particularly in France and Italy,Continue Reading
