Silken Gazelles

Fiction Jokha Alharthi, Marilyn Booth, Silken Gazelles

An Excerpt from Jokha Alharthi’s Latest, ‘Silken Gazelles’

September 3, 2024

Jokha Alharthi’s Celestial Bodies (tr. Marilyn Booth) was an instant sensation when it became is the first book translated from Arabic — and still the only book translated from Arabic […]

Interviews Jokha Alharthi, Layla Faraj, Marilyn Booth, Silken Gazelles

Jokha Alharthi on Her Latest Novel: ‘Humans Connect through Stories’

September 3, 2024

Last month, Jokha Alharthi’s latest novel — her third in English translation — appeared in Marilyn Booth’s translation. In Silken Gazelles, an excerpt of which appears today on ArabLit, the […]