Radwa Ashour’s complete Granada trilogy finally came out in English late last year from AUC Press in Kay Heikkenen’s translation. Kay spoke about her translation at the book’s online launch event in November. Here, in conversation with Tugrul Mende, Kay elaborates on her work with the book, her relationship with Radwa, and how she approached translating this iconic work.
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 […]
In November 2024, two deceased giants of Arabic literature — Elias Khoury and Radwa Ashour — have new English translations of their work. In Ashour’s case, her classic Granada is […]
Although this list does include short stories by Radwa Ashour and Salwa Bakr, it largely focuses on work by women writers who emerged in the ’90s, ’00s, and ’10s.
“Among the things I love about Radwa’s writing is her courage in confronting the unthinkable – like those atrocities I referred to a moment ago. There is room for sentiment in her writing (in some of her depictions of family relations, for instance), but ultimately she does not shy away from harsh truths, and accordingly she doesn’t spare the reader, either.”
Memoirs by women, written in Arabic, recommended by Arab authors, scholars, and publishers.
This was not the first of the firsts. Nor was it, unfortunately, the last.
Last week, on what would’ve been Egyptian novelist Radwa Ashour’s 73rd birthday, Palestinian poet Mourid Barghouti announced a new collection of her work.
“Where else in Lebanon can you find comic books, including feminist comics, books on feminist theories and scholarship, literature, memoirs, and children’s books?”
