Forthcoming June 2026: YA, Classics, and More
This month, find classic works by Alis al-Bustani and Hussein Barghouti, a YA novel from Palestine, a short-story anthology from Damascus, and a new award-winner from Egypt.
Marilyn Booth
On Translating the Omani Natural Landscape
Marilyn Booth reflects on her experience translating Zahran Alqasmi’s work and provides insight on greater questions of translation.
Translating Oman
The”Translating Oman” event, hosted by Syracuse University Press, featured a discussion about Omani literature and translation.
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.
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 […]