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.
Wajdi al-Ahdal
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.”