Bushra al-Maqtari’s ‘What Have You Left Behind’ Longlisted for 2023 Moore Prize For Human Rights Writing
The Christopher G. Moore Foundation today announced the 14-book longlist for its 2023 prize for human rights writing.
Sawad Hussain
‘The Common’ Issue 25 Launches Today with Kuwait Special Section
The Amherst, USA-based literary magazine The Common today launches its 25th issue, which features a special section of short stories and art from Kuwait.
Author Haji Jaber & Translators Talk ‘Black Foam’
” The truth is that the person who didn’t leave my mind is someone I didn’t talk to; rather, we kept looking at each other without speaking.”
Bushra al-Maqtari’s ‘A Locked Room for Loss’: An Excerpt from ‘What Have You Left Behind’
This excerpt from Bushra al-Maqtari’s What Have You Left Behind is a companion to our discussion with translator Sawad Hussain: “On Translating Trauma, and What To Do After Reading About Yemen.”
‘What Have You Left Behind’: On Translating Trauma, and What To Do After Reading About Yemen
When the book went out for review, a number of reviewers got in contact with me saying what can we do after we read a book like this? So I asked Bushra: “What do you want readers to do?”
Don’t Miss: ‘Translating Palestine’
Writers, translators and editors celebrate new writing from Palestine.
Cover Reveal: Stella Gaitano’s ‘Edo’s Souls,’ Tr. Sawad Hussain
Stella Gaitano’s Edo’s Souls, forthcoming from Dedalus Books this year, will feature cover art by Khartoum-based Sudanese visual artist Yasmeen Abdullah.
Radical Books Collective: Translating Palestine
Writers, translators and editors celebrate new writing from Palestine. Featuring Maya Abu Al-Hayyat, Marcia Lynx Qualey, Alice Youssef, Sonia Nimr, Sawad Hussain, Jehan Bseiso, Louis Allday, Suchitra Vijayan, Meg Arenberg and […]
Coming in October: Iman Mersal, Bushra al-Maqtari & more
This month, we can look forward to new non-fiction, poetry, and novels in translation.