"Where the corniche wall ran out, a great tree hooped over to drink from the river. Beyond the tree there was nothing: nothing between us and the water. "
The Two Egyptian Novels Available in Translation This Month
Two very different Egyptian novels appear in translation this month: They are Sonallah Ibrahim's "provocative masterpiece" Warda, translated by Hosam aboul-Ela and Mohamed Kheir's "musical and parabolic" Slipping, translated by Robin Moger.
Upcoming Events: ‘A Decade of Shubbak,’ Mohamed Kheir & More
A few upcoming events, taking place online.
Upcoming Events: Wordplay in Arabic Translation, ‘How to End Things in Arabic Literature’ & More
A few upcoming events, taking place online.
From the Archives: Haytham El Wardany on Sleep as the First Stage of Rebirth
"No, sleep is not a rehearsal for death!"
Friday Finds: Celebrating Iman Mersal
But there's also much more of Mersal's work to explore online.
Friday Finds: Salah Badis’s ‘The Nayf’
The protagonists of Salah Badis' "The Nayf" meet in front of a broken ATM in an upper-class Algiers neighborhood.
New Poems by Saniyah Saleh, Mohab Nasr, Mohammed Khaïr-Eddine in ‘Seedings’
"The issue has perhaps the most of Saniya Saleh's work that has ever appeared, in translation, in one place."
Haytham El-Wardany: Can the Silence of Animals Make Us Reconsider Communication?
"While his short stories delve into silence, his current research turns to talking animals as they appear in myths and fables, and what they can tell us about histories of speech and power."