Forthcoming October 2024: Fiction from Palestine, Yemen, Iraq, and More
This list is incomplete and limited to what we’ve been told about or discovered; if your book should be here, please let us know in the comments or at info@arablit.org. […]
Wajdi al-Ahdal
Shortlist of 2023 ArabLit Story Prize Features ‘Myriad Mythologies’, the Will to Survive, and ‘Edgy, Memorable’ Voices
OCTOBER 30, 2023 — We are pleased to announce the three short fictions that this year’s judges have selected for the shortlist of the 2023 ArabLit Story Prize. All three […]
Summer Reads: 12 Arab Authors Recommend
The twelve authors from nine countries who recommended books for our list of 2023 summer reads had different ideas about what you need in a summer book.
The Challenges (and Possibilities) of Translating Literary Scholarship
“And it’s not right for those conversations and insights to be documented only in English, a language that some of those same theatre-makers would find difficult to access, and not in Arabic.”
From the Archives: Wajdi al-Ahdal and Katherine Hennessy on Yemeni Theater
“The Yemeni public loves writing laced with irony and sarcasm. And Yemeni readers understand when an author is directing barbs at those who deserve it, like religious leaders, the military and politicians.”