Sara Abu Ghazal

Lit Lists Katharine Halls, Naguib Mahfouz, Nehad Selaiha, Sara Abu Ghazal, Sarah Enany

Forthcoming August 2026: Plays by Mahfouz, Fiction from Palestine

August 1, 2026

Two notable Arabic books are coming in English translation this month: a collection of one-act plays by Naguib Mahfouz and a novel by Sara Abu Ghazal.

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.

May Ziadeh

More on our translation of May Ziadeh's Musings of a Young Woman.

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.