Forthcoming October 2024: Fiction from Palestine, Yemen, Iraq, and More
This list is incomplete and limited to what we’ve been told about or discovered; if your book should be here, please let us know in the comments or at info@arablit.org. […]
Mortada Gzar
Summer Reads: 12 Arab Authors Recommend
The twelve authors from nine countries who recommended books for our list of 2023 summer reads had different ideas about what you need in a summer book.
Darwish and Abu-Zeid, Gzar and Hutchins Longlisted for 2022 PEN Awards
Yesterday, PEN America announced the longlists for their 2022 literary awards, including the two categories for work in translation.
Black Basrans: Mortada Gzar’s ‘Broom of Paradise’
“Madeen’s character is inexhaustible, and I like to keep my characters alive, especially the ones I wrote in my early years; now I can add some reality to give them life again. Like a journalist or someone looking for the truth.”