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A Look Back: Arabic Literature Published in Translation in 2024
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By ArabLit Staff This year, we have brought lists of literary works translated from Arabic to English, as well as to French, German, Malayalam, and to Portuguese. Thanks to the volunteers who assem…
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Join Read Palestine Week, 2024
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NOVEMBER 29, 2024 — Today marks the start of the second annual Read Palestine Week. *Download a free copy of the new publication, And Still We Write, published in collaboration with the Publi…
on Nov 29
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An Excerpt from Nawara Negm’s ‘You Have Been Blocked’
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In You Have Been Blocked, the debut novel by popular writer Nawara Negm — daughter of towering literary figures Safinaz Kazem and Ahmed Fouad Negm — explores a collage of different wome…
on Oct 24
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Novelist Ibtisam Azem on Absence, Presence, and Disappearance
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Last month, the UK edition of Ibtisam Azem’s The Book of Disappearance appeared in Sinan Antoon’s translation from And Other Stories. Rahael Mathews took the opportunity to discuss this…
on Sep 9
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Naguib Mahfouz Medal Shortlist Celebrates Six Novels
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AUGUST 30, 2024 — The American University in Cairo Press today announced the shortlist for the 2024 Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature, eighteen years after the Nobel laureate’s passin…
on Aug 30
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New Poetry of the Now by Basman Eldirawi
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The Moment By Basman Eldirawi The saddest part is that we don’t know what the saddest part is Is it this moment? The next moment? Is the moment when you think this is the worst– …
on Aug 24
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7-book Shortlist for 2024 Prix de la Littérature Arabe
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JULY 15, 2024 — On Saturday, July 13, the Jean-Luc Lagardère Foundation and the Arab World Institute announced the shortlist for the eleventh annual of Prix de la Littérature Arabe, which ce…
on Jul 15
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On an Award-Winning Novel & the Unstable Literary Scene in Libya
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By Olivia Snaije When the Libyan writer Mohammed Alnaas won the 2022 International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) for his debut novel Bread on Uncle Milad’s Table (Meskliniai Publishers & Rash…
on Jul 2
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‘Bidayàt’: Aldo Nicosia on a Collection of Beginnings
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The forthcoming collection Bidayàt, ed. Aldo Nicosia, brings together the openings of twenty-two different Arabic novels; these are translated into Italian by Nicosia with the help of two other tra…
on Apr 22
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New Poetry: ‘From Gaza, Answering Darwish’
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From Gaza, Answering Darwish By Basman Eldirawi with Mahmoud Darwish, translations by Ibrahim Muhawi In March, spring rains return, first cold, then warm. We think it’s the time to relax, to unfo…
on Mar 21
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A Poem for Land Day: Mahmoud Darwish’s ‘The Second Olive Tree’
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“The olive tree does not weep and does not laugh.”
on Mar 11
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180+ Books: A Look at Moroccan Literature Available in English
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ArabLit Editor Nadia Ghanem surveys the twentieth- and twenty-first century Moroccan literature available in English.
on Mar 2
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Two Palestinian Novels Make 2024 International Prize for Arabic Fiction’s 6-Book Shortlist
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FEBRUARY 14, 2024 — The shortlist of the 2024 International Prize for Arabic Fiction was announced today, at a press conference in Riyadh. The six-book shortlist was announced by this year’s …
on Mar 1
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16 Free Zines from and about Palestine
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The Boston-based activist organization Pleasure Pie has put together a collection of 10 free zines about Palestine. These free printable zines are available as PDFs, and Pleasure Pie suggests reade…
on Feb 17
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The Ruins of the Future: Speculative Fiction in Arabic
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“Science fiction is both a mode of engagement and act of resistance by those who are continually cast as alien in their homeland.”
on Feb 16
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Layla Azmi Goushey on Launching Multilingual ‘Baladi’ Magazine
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ArabLit Staff Writer, scholar, teacher, and editor Layla Azmi Goushey recently launched a new online literary magazine. It’s called Baladi, and it’s available at baladimagazine.com. The…
on Jan 25
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A Curated List of 20 Palestinian Short Stories, in Translation, Online
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Compiled by ArabLit Staff Below, we share twenty (plus) Palestinian short stories that are available in translation online, from across historic Palestine and beyond, by young writers such as Ameer…
on Jan 20
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Published in 2023: Arabic Literature in Translation
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This year, we have lists of literary works translated from Arabic to English, to German, to Portuguese, and to Malayalam.
on Dec 30
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Beloved Palestinian Poet Samih al-Qasim Dies at 75
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“I don’t like you, death But I’m not afraid of you”
on Dec 25
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New Short Fiction: ‘For She Who Birthed a Dream and She Who Birthed a Sorrow’
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By Nibal Thawabteh Translated by Faten Hafez The villagers called her Alkarsa, or “the mute woman.” This was not just a label, but rather a description of her condition: she was indeed mute. Everyo…
on Dec 21
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Reports: Writer and Translator Refaat al-Areer Killed in Israeli Airstrike
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DECEMBER 7, 2023 — Author, editor, translator, and educator Refaat Alareer reportedly died today in an airstrike on his sister’s home that also killed his brother, sister, and her four …
on Dec 8, 2023
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The Launch of ‘Country of Words: A Transnational Atlas for Palestinian Literature’
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On October 17 of this year, Stanford University Press published Refqa Abu-Remaileh’s “Country of Words: A Transnational Atlas for Palestinian Literature,” which is available onlin…
on Dec 7, 2023
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Palestinian Literature for Middle Grade and YA Readers: 14 Recommended Books
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Earlier this month, we reviewed & recommended nine Palestinian picture books. This week, we’re recommending both middle grade novels (for ages 8-108) and young-adult novels (for ages 13-1…
on Nov 30, 2023
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‘What Do We Do During Genocide’: A Poem by Mohja Kahf
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Mohja Kahf writes from Arkansas, USA. The image is by Hesham, of a kitchen into which he’d moved only seven months before. What Do We Do During Genocide By Mohja Kahf What do we do on the eve…
on Nov 25, 2023
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New Poetry by Ahlam Bsharat: ‘I Saw a Dead Road on the Road’
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“I saw a dead road on the road / & left it there”
on Nov 24, 2023
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Poet and Novelist Heba Abu Nada, 32, Reported Dead in Israeli Bombardment
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Poet and novelist Heba Abu Nada, author of the novel Oxygen is Not for the Dead (2017), died under bombardment in Khan Yunis on Friday, the Palestinian Ministry of Culture announced. Born in Mecca …
on Oct 21, 2023
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Dismay over Silencing of Palestinian Voices Overshadows Day 1 of 2023 Frankfurt Book Fair
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The Frankfurt Book Fair got underway yesterday with a reduced offering of events covering Arabic literature, amid concerns over the exclusion of Palestinians from the program. Last week, German or…
on Oct 17, 2023
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An Open Letter in Support of Adania Shibli’s ‘Minor Detail’ and Palestinian Literary Voices
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These recent, terrible days have seen — in several European countries — a closing-off and shutting down of cultural events that bring forward Palestinian art, voices, and stories. There…
on Oct 16, 2023
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Discover LEILA’s List of Arabic Books Recommended for Translation
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For the past three years, a small European team has been working on a project called LEILA, founded with the aim of promoting the translation and dissemination of new Arab literary voices in Europe…
on Oct 10, 2023
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Drones and Clones: Mapping Palestinian Sci Fi with Lindsey Moore
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“I’m very interested in the manipulation of temporality — or rather, as I’ve suggested, time-space configuration — that we see in Palestinian SF across different media.”
on Oct 8, 2023
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Remembering a Giant: 5 by Khaled Khalifa
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On September 30, 2023, Syrian novelist and screenwriter Khaled Khalifa died suddenly, reportedly of cardiac arrest, at age 59. Khalifa — one of the towering and beloved literary voices of our…
on Oct 4, 2023
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A Non-Exhaustive List: Audiobook Editions of Arabic-to-English Translations
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By ArabLit staff A decade ago, very few Arabic works in translation had been turned into audiobooks. Although the BBC often produced readings of individual short stories — as well as a full-c…
on Oct 1, 2023