Sufyan Rajab’s Noah’s Hourglass is no ordinary East-West love affair. The fun, sharply observed novel moves between two voices—the Tunisian Belkacem and the Ukrianian Olga—as they each try to find safe harbor in an unsafe world. An excerpt in James Scanlan’s sharp translation.
It’s publication week for Iman Mersal’s award-winning Traces of Enayat, which appears from And Other Stories in Robin Moger’s deft and considered English translation. Mersal’s genre-encompassing book — an excerpt of […]
We are delighted to announce that the winners of the 2022 ArabLit Story Prize are Belal Fadi and James Scanlan, for Scanlan’s translation of Fadl’s “The Kid Sheikh” (!الشيخ العَيِّل).
“They loved all and were loved by all, except, that is, for the chickens….”
