‘By Candlelight’: Short Fiction by Latifa al-Zayyat
Part of our focus, this Women in Translation Month (#WiTMonth), is on classic Arabic works by women, especially those at the margins of (or neglected entirely by) critical and readerly attention.
Latifa al-Zayyat
On Latifa al-Zayyat Day: ‘Her Laughter Brought Me Up Short’
“The woman was always surprising me with her continuous, sometimes abrupt, and loud laughter; and then she no longer surprised me — I got used to and grew to love both Latifa herself and her laughter.”
In/for Translation: 5 Arab Women’s Memoirs
Memoirs by women, written in Arabic, recommended by Arab authors, scholars, and publishers.