Books

In the last months, a number of previously unknown works by Egyptian Nobel literature laureate Naguib Mahfouz have been coming to light: Mahfouz was generally ……Read More

The 2019 ArabLit Story Prize will open to submissions on March 15, 2019. Today, we announce this year’s three judges: The crowdfunded prize named its ……Read More

On March 4, 2019, The Poetry Cafe will host a five-part event focusing on poetry by four jailed writers — Ahmed Mansoor, Ashraf Fayadh, Galal El-Behairy, ……Read More

Award-winning translator Robin Moger talks with Tugrul Mende about translation, reading, asking questions of the author, and how “a hard knot of meaning split and ……Read More

As instigated by award-winning bilingual author Hadil Ghoneim — who currently lives in the US — ArabLit is interviewing scholars, critics, and translators, and other ……Read More

Multilingual Lebanese poet, painter, and prose-artist Etel Adnan was born on February 24, 1925, in Beirut. This is her ninety-fourth birthday: As philosopher, poet, and ……Read More