From ‘Russian-Arab Literary Worlds,’ A Talk with Khalil Alrez
“The zoo in the Russian quarter is not Russian. Like any zoo in the world, it is a place of estrangement where animals reside far from their natural habitats and countries of origin.”
Khalil Alrez
An Excerpt from Khalil Alrez’s ‘The Russian Quarter’
“Nonna and her scallions were two important events in the life of the giraffe.”
Margaret Litvin Wins PEN/Heim to Translate Khalil Alrez’s ‘The Russian Quarter’
PEN America today announced the ten translators to have won 2023 PEN/Heim grants. The ten projects represent a diverse array of books in ten languages: Arabic, Filipino, Polish, Urdu, Spanish, Bulgarian, Korean, Swahili, Tamil, and German.