The Hashish Waiter

News by Khairy Shalaby, by Mona Prince, by Suzanne Mubarak, Galal Amin's Egypt in the Era of Hosni Mubarak, Homecoming: Sixty Years of Egyptian Short Stories, Read Me a Book: The Story of Egypt’s Former First lady and Her Grandson, Selected and translated by Denys Johnson-Davies, So You May See, The Hashish Waiter, trans. Adam Talib, trans. Raphael Cohen

Forthcoming this Spring from AUC Press

March 9, 2011

The American University in Cairo (AUC) Press has released its Spring 2011 catalog, with a cover celebrating the Tahrir revolution. There are several interesting new fictional titles on tap:

POETRY

New and featured poetry in translation.

FICTION

Short fiction from the Maghreb and Mashreq.

INTERVIEWS

Talks with authors, translators, publishers, & more.

ON TRANSLATION

Reflections on the art and craft of translation.

FOR TRANSLATORS

Resources for translators working between Arabic and English.

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.