Books

Registration opens today for a five-session course from Anna Boots at the New York Public Library (NYPL), titled “Arabic Speculative Fiction in English Translation”: Boots ……Read More

Stella Gitanoʹs “Withered Flowers” is a powerful short story collection that showcases work from the very beginnings of an impressive and unusual literary career. The ……Read More

This year’s Sharjah International Book Fair, which opens October 31, will see the launch of a Malayalam anthology of 60 Modern Arab Short Stories, ed. S.A. Qudsi: ……Read More

On the tenth anniversary of Mahmoud Darwish’s death, a celebration was held in Brussels, featuring work — newly in translation — by Palestinian writer Asmaa ……Read More

Why can’t you find the popular, prolific Egyptian author Ihsan Abdel Quddous in English translation? Iraqi writer Ali Shakir shares his thoughts: By Ali Shakir ……Read More

Beau Beausoleil, the force behind the “Mutanabbi Street Starts Here” project, is helping launch a new project, Shadow and Light, to honor Iraqi academics assassinated between ……Read More