The Book of Sana’a: A City in Short Fiction

Lit Lists Gaza: The Poem Said Its Piece, Hassan Blasim, I Want Golden Eyes, Jonathan Wright, Laura Kasinof, M Lynx Qualey, Mansoura Ezz Eldin, Maria Dadouch, Nasser Rabah, Paul Starkey, Sawad Hussain, Sololand, The Book of Sana’a: A City in Short Fiction, The Orchards of Basra

Forthcoming April 2025: Fast-paced Sci Fi, Poetry from Gaza, a Yemeni Short Stories, & More

April 1, 2025

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.

POETRY

New and featured poetry in translation.

FICTION

Short fiction from the Maghreb and Mashreq.

INTERVIEWS

Talks with authors, translators, publishers, & more.

BETWEEN TWO TRANSLATORS

.An exploration of power and language with Yasmeen Hanoosh

Reviews

A look at Arabic literature and Arabic literature in translation.

From the Quarterly

Featured poetry, fiction, and essays from our magazine.

Podcast

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

Lit Lists

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