Ursula Lindsay

Poetry Proust Questionnaire, Sonallah Ibrahim, Stealth, The Arabist, Ursula Lindsay

Sonallah Ibrahim Takes the Proust Questionnaire

June 26, 2010

Ursula Lindsay has a lovely interview with Sonallah Ibrahim in The National, on the occasion of his novel التلصص (Stealth) appearing in English. As someone who was only allowed 570 […]

Lit Lists Aida Bamia, Arabic Reading Challenge, Elias Muhanna, Elliott Colla, Humphrey Davies, Karam Youssef, Katrina Weber, Laila Lalami, Maia Tabet, Nouri Gana, R. Neil Hewison, Shakir Mustafa, Sinan Antoon, Ursula Lindsay, Youssef Rakha

5 Arabic Books (in English) to Read ‘Before You Die’

May 26, 2010

Well, perhaps this one was a bit morbid: The “Five Before You Die” was a feature we ran back in the summer 2010; by now, there are now many more […]

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.