New in Translation: A Story from ‘Bed for the King’s Daughter’
“When it sidled up beside me at the traffic light, I turned and saw a coffin through the side glass panel.”
Sawad Hussain
Words Without Borders Launches ‘Sudanese Women Writers’ Issue
“As you dive into these poignant excerpts, savor the literature for its creativity, experimentation, and musicality … but just as important, remember what it took for these voices to reach you.”
New Lit: Excerpt of Stella Gaitano’s ‘The Souls of Eddo’
This first Monday of Women in Translation Month, Sawad Hussain and Stella Gaitano share this excerpt from her novel The Souls of Eddo, winner of a PEN Translates Prize
Stella Gaitano’s ‘Eddo’s Souls,’ ‘Book of Ramallah’ Win PEN Translates Awards
For the first time, one of the “PEN Translates” awards will go to a South Sudanese novel.
Friday Finds: New Stories in Translation by Mazen Maarouf and Najwa Binshatwan
Herodotus had been around since 400 BC.
During the Benghazi bombings, he made a run for it.
Winner of 2019 ArabLit Story Prize: ‘The Sharp Bend at Al-Bakur’
“The story suggests that the innocent dead were sacrificed for the vanity of those in power and those who seek it.”
Shortlist for 2019 ArabLit Story Prize
After a good deal of debate, the judges of the 2019 ArabLit Story Prize settled on a four-story shortlist, with works by Mahmoud Hosny, Najwa Bin Shatwan, Mohamed Al-Ashry, and Samar Nour.
‘Blank Bullets’: 2 Poems by Manahel Alsahoui
Dozens of soldiers will love me now
They will shove me onto a bed of blank bullets
Special Excerpt: ‘Voyage of the Cranes in the Cities of Agate’
Saudi Novelist Omaima Al-Khamis’ Voyage of the Cranes in the Cities of Agate was winner of the 2018 Naguib Mahfouz Medal and also longlisted for the 2019 International Prize for Arabic Fiction: […]