Books

For Pride month, five queer-focused fictions — by queer authors and/or about queer characters — translated from Arabic that you can read online: 1) An ……Read More

Earlier this week, Netflix announced its first Egyptian show, an adaptation of the “Paranormal” series by beloved Egyptian novelist Ahmed Khaled Tawfik (1962-2018): A caricature ……Read More

Mohammad Ibrahim Nawaya’s “To Be Led from Behind,” in Robin Moger’s translation, appears in Issue 17 of The Common, and also on their website: Issue 17 has ……Read More

Al-Muḥassin ibn ʻAlī al-Tanūkhī (939–994) was a judge, collector of stories, and litterateur who was born in Basra and died in Baghdad. Raised in a ……Read More

Novelist and physics professor Amr Shaarawi recently spoke with translator, educator, and scholar Yasmine Motawy about his creative process: By Yasmine Motawy Amr Shaarawi is a professor ……Read More

The Stephen Spender Prize for Poetry in Translation is accepting entries for this year’s contest through July 12, 2019: The prize — open to UK residents ……Read More