Marilyn Booth Wins 2025 Banipal Prize
Although Kay Heikkenen has previously won the Banipal (for her translation of Huzama Habayeb’s Velvet) this was, surprisingly, the first time Marilyn Booth has won the prize.
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From Jan Dost’s Award-winning ‘Safe Corridor’
‘Safe Corridor,’ winner of the 2024 Bait AlGhasham DarArab International Translation Prize, is now out from Dar Arab Books. This excerpt comes from the opening of the novel.
Toward a Gender-Conscious Translation
In our first “BETWEEN TWO ARABIC TRANSLATORS” conversation, Yasmeen Hanoosh and Marilyn Booth discuss the outlines and possibilities of gender-conscious translation, how a translator can be transparent about their choices, and Marilyn’s translation of Alis al-Bustani’s صائبة, (Sa’iba 1891), and the “need to advocate for, and translate, these earlier works.”
From Zahran Alqasmi’s ‘Honey Hunger’
Editor’s note: There are two redemptive keystones in the life of our protagonist, Azzan, during the course of Honey Hunger, a novel published today by AUC Press’s Hoopoe Fiction imprint. […]
Authors, Scholars, and Translators Look Back: On Radwa Ashour’s ‘Granada’
Ten years after the death of the great Radwa Ashour (1946-2014), AUC Press has finally published Ashour’s complete Granada trilogy — her best-known work — in English translation. Published in […]
An Excerpt from Jokha Alharthi’s Latest, ‘Silken Gazelles’
Jokha Alharthi’s Celestial Bodies (tr. Marilyn Booth) was an instant sensation when it became is the first book translated from Arabic — and still the only book translated from Arabic […]
Jokha Alharthi on Her Latest Novel: ‘Humans Connect through Stories’
Last month, Jokha Alharthi’s latest novel — her third in English translation — appeared in Marilyn Booth’s translation. In Silken Gazelles, an excerpt of which appears today on ArabLit, the […]
Marilyn Booth’s Translation of Jan Dost’s ‘Safe Corridor’ Wins Inaugural Bait AlGhasham DarArab Translation Prize
FEBRUARY 26, 2024 — Organizers today announced that the first-ever Bait AlGhasham DarArab Translation Prize, an international award for the translation of Arabic literature into English, goes to Marilyn Booth’s translation […]
Adabiyat Book Club: ‘Bitter Orange Tree,’ by Jokha Alharthi, tr. Marilyn Booth
Adabiyat Book Club will meet on Sunday, November 20 at 12 pm EST via Zoom to discuss Jokha Alharthi’s novel Bitter Orange Tree. To participate, message the organizers on Twitter […]