Slender Thorns

Publication Day for ‘Slender Thorns’

March 1, 2025

It’s Publication Day for our new short-story anthology, Slender Thorns: Award-winning Flash Fiction in Arabic and English.

New and featured poetry in translation.

Short fiction from the Maghreb and Mashreq.

Talks with authors, translators, publishers, & more.

.An exploration of power and language with Yasmeen Hanoosh

A look at Arabic literature and Arabic literature in translation.

Featured poetry, fiction, and essays from our magazine.

Listen to the latest from BULAQ, an Arabic books-centric podcast.

Listicles of bilingual books, medieval poems, short-short stories and more.