Books

These four short poems by Jordanian writer Amjad Nasser — about the (delirious) cycles of our bodies, our knowledges, our families — were translated by Atef Alshaer: ……Read More

Translator Alex Elinson — who brought Youssef Fadel’s funny A Beautiful White Cat Walks With Me into bright, playful, enjoyable English — recently gave a talk at ……Read More

Best-selling Kuwaiti author Bothayna al-Essa was recently part of this year’s Emirates LitFest as well as the AUK Biennial LitFest: In the second installment of ……Read More

First thing first – Author Seema Sonik Alimchand does a much better job with Deedara aka Dara Singh! when compared to her first book on ……Read More

  At the end of March, there was a flurry of discussion (here, here, here) about a rediscovered novel by the “Dean of Arabic Letters,” Egyptian novelist ……Read More

Just a few pages into On Stage With Lata and you begin to wonder who really is the target audience for the book. This one ……Read More