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. […]
William Hutchins
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 […]
Darwish and Abu-Zeid, Gzar and Hutchins Longlisted for 2022 PEN Awards
Yesterday, PEN America announced the longlists for their 2022 literary awards, including the two categories for work in translation.
A Celebration of Ibrahim al-Koni, the Desert, Russian Literature, and ‘Swiss Sufism’
Encouraged by translator/scholar/writer Elliott Colla—who had an interesting short essay about Ibrahim al-Koni in yesterday’s Ahram Online—I thought we’d make this an al-Koni week. Although not an “Arab” writer, al-Koni is one of the giants of contemporary Arabic literature, and has a unique and world-encompassing literary vision.