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How to Swim the Backstroke with a Shilka Missile
This story — shortlisted for the 2018 ArabLit Story Prize — appeared in the inaugural ArabLit Quarterly in the fall of 2018: By Rasha Abbas Translated by Fatima ……Read More
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Moroccan-Dutch Writer Naima El Bezaz Dies at 46
On August 7, Moroccan-Dutch author Naima El Bezaz took her own life. She was 46: El Bezaz, the author of several best-selling books, was born in ……Read More
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Baya Mahieddine’s The Great Great Big Bird
Acclaimed painter and sculptor Baya Mehieddine also, Nadia Ghanem finds, wrote short stories: By Nadia Ghanem “Le Grand Zoiseau” Painter and sculptor Baya Mehieddine (1931-1998), born ……Read More
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5 Folktale-inspired Stories Translated from Arabic
This Women in Translation Month (#WiTMonth) Wednesday, five selected short stories from five different countries that are re-tellings or inventions of folktale narratives: 1. “Pearls ……Read More
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#WiTMonth Conversations: Karima Ahdad on ‘Cactus Girls’
Our first “Women in Translation Month” conversation is between Moroccan novelist Karim Ahdad and translator Katherine Van de Vate, who is working to bring Ahdad’s first novel into ……Read More
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Sonallah Ibrahim’s Arsène Lupin
This story appears in the Summer 2020 issue of ArabLit Quarterly, the CRIME issue: Arsène Lupin By Sonallah Ibrahim Translated by Emily Drumsta I approached the store ……Read More