Books

Jokha al-Harthi’s Celestial Bodies is one of two titles translated from Arabic on the longlist for the 2019 Man Booker International. ArabLit’s editor M Lynx Qualey ……Read More

The first short story in English translation by Egyptian author Amal Al Banna: By Amal Al Banna Translated by Ahmed Salah Al-Mahdi It was a harsh ……Read More

Huzama Habayeb’s Naguib Mahfouz Medal-winning novel Velvet is coming this fall in Kay Heikkinen’s translation: By Hend Saeed During the 2019 Emirates Airline Festival of Literature, I was ……Read More

Kuwaiti novelist, public speaker, publisher, and bookseller Bothayna Al-Essa is author of more than a dozen books: By Hend Saeed I was lucky to be ……Read More

Best-selling Kuwaiti novelist Saud Alsanousi’s Mama Hessa’s Mice is forthcoming in Sawad Hussain’s translation in November of this year: By Hend Saeed It was to my great ……Read More

Lebanese novelist Jabbour Douaihy has award-winning work in Arabic, as well as in English and French translations. He was recently at the Dubai-based Emirates LitFest, where ……Read More