Coming Oct 2026: An IPAF Winner, a Classic & More
This is an unofficial list and we may have missed some titles; if we have, please let us know at info@arablit.org.
Sawad Hussain
Books that Open Worlds: A Palestinian Reader’s Journey
“Ultimately, the arrival of Asad’s Secret in English is as much an act of preservation as it is an act of translation.”
Forthcoming June 2026: YA, Classics, and More
This month, find classic works by Alis al-Bustani and Hussein Barghouti, a YA novel from Palestine, a short-story anthology from Damascus, and a new award-winner from Egypt.
Forthcoming April 2025: Fast-paced Sci Fi, Poetry from Gaza, a Yemeni Short Stories, & More
As publication dates often slip, we try to have a glance at what’s really coming in translation from Arabic at the start of each month. If you have more books to add, please let us know.
Banipal Translation Prize Announces 2024’s 6-book Shortlist
DECEMBER 2, 2024 — Organizers today announced the six-book shortlist of the 2024 Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation. The shortlisted works reflect both the widening scope of […]
National Book Award Finalists Include Fady Joudah, Lena Khalaf Tuffaha, Two Translations from Arabic
OCTOBER 1, 2024 — This year’s list of finalists for the 2024 National Book Awards saw works by Arab authors in four of the five categories: Libyan-British author Hisham Matar’s […]
3 of 10 from Arabic on Longlist for National Book Award for Translated Literature
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024 — Three of the works longlisted for the National Book Award for Translated Literature are literary works translated from Arabic. This year’s 10-book longlist was announced today. […]
An Excerpt from ‘The Djinn’s Apple,’ Out This Month
The Djinn’s Apple is a fast-paced “girl detective meets 1001 Nights” historical YA novel out this month from Neem Tree Press. Winner of an English PEN Translates Award, this short work is […]
Summer Reads: ‘The Government Sea’
“When the central government announced a plan to rebuild what the war had devastated, the municipality put forth a request to establish a sea. Unlike other requests, which usually lingered in a state of neglect, tucked away in drawers, the central government responded right away, as they didn’t have any drawers in their offices in which to hide such paperwork.”