Mohammed AlAjmi

Lit & Found Mohammed AlAjmi, The Secret of the Morosco

Lit & Found: Excerpt from ‘The Secret Of The Morisco’

October 21, 2022

Dar Arab has just published Christiaan James’ crisp translation of Mohammed AlAjmi historical-adventure novel The Secret of the Morisco. An excerpt is now available in the publisher’s website.

News Barbara Romaine', Bushra al-Maqtari, Catherine Cobham, Christiaan James, forthcoming 2022, Hadiya Hussein, Iman Mersal, Mohammed AlAjmi, Nouri Al-Jarrah, Robyn Creswell, Sawad Hussain

Coming in October: Iman Mersal, Bushra al-Maqtari & more

October 1, 2022

This month, we can look forward to new non-fiction, poetry, and novels in translation.

POETRY

New and featured poetry in translation.

FICTION

Short fiction from the Maghreb and Mashreq.

INTERVIEWS

Talks with authors, translators, publishers, & more.

BETWEEN TWO TRANSLATORS

.An exploration of power and language with Yasmeen Hanoosh

Reviews

A look at Arabic literature and Arabic literature in translation.

From the Quarterly

Featured poetry, fiction, and essays from our magazine.

Podcast

Listen to the latest from BULAQ, an Arabic books-centric podcast.

Lit Lists

Listicles of bilingual books, medieval poems, short-short stories and more.