“The reader will never know these things, but I like to know them so I can orient myself properly towards the text. I want to come at the text in the right direction.”
Read moreJudges Choose Inventive, Varied Shortlist for 2021 ArabLit Story Prize
ArabLit is delighted to announce that this year’s judges selected five stories for the shortlist of the 2021 ArabLit Story Prize, by five writers from four countries: Syria, Egypt, Lebanon, and Morocco.
Read more9 Short Stories by Syrian Women, in Translation
As far as we know, there is not an anthology of work by Syrian women writers, in English translation.
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Selected: 10 Arabic Short Stories by Women, in Translation, Online
Each Women in Translation Month (#WiTMonth), ArabLit selects 10 Arabic short stories by women, in translation, online.
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Pub Day for ‘ArabLit Quarterly Fall 2018: Beginnings’
Today is publication day for the first-ever ArabLit Quarterly.
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Listen: 4 Shortlisted for 2018 ArabLit Story Prize
The four shortlisted stories, read by author or translator.
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Announcing: Shortlist for 2018 ArabLit Story Prize
The four pairs that made the shortlist of the 2018 ArabLit Story Prize are: Palestinian writer Maya Abu-Alhayyat with translator Riham Adly; Egyptian writer Mohammad Abdelnabi with translator Robin Moger; Syrian author Rasha Abbas with translator Fatima El-Kalay; and Saudi novelist Raja Alem with translator Rana Ghuloom.
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Translate This! 21 Women You Want to Read in English
For Women in Translation Month (#WITMonth), we have assembled 21 women from 12 countries who have no book-length work in English, where, if they did, it would improve your day.
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Selected: 10 Arabic Short Stories by Women, in Translation, Online
For #WITMonth, ten short stories by women, translated from Arabic to English, by writers from Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Syria, Palestine, and Jordan.
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