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“Return to Ramallah,” an excerpt from Too Soon by Betty Shamieh

“Return to Ramallah,” an excerpt from Too Soon by Betty Shamieh

Shamieh's novel invites the audience to reflect on notions of home and the multifaceted nature of belonging.

2 MAY 2025 • By Betty Shamieh
“Culinary Palestine” — Fadi Kattan in an excerpt from Sumud

“Culinary Palestine” — Fadi Kattan in an excerpt from Sumud

Celebrity Palestinian chef Fadi Kattan presents stories and recipes from his long experience cooking in Bethlehem and beyond.

31 JANUARY 2025 • By Fadi Kattan
The Conqueror of Time—Egyptian Cryogenics

The Conqueror of Time—Egyptian Cryogenics

Nihad Sherif's 1972 novel is a pioneering Arabic sci-fi work on human cryopreservation, with prose reminiscent of Mahfouz...

6 DECEMBER 2024 • By Nihad Sherif
The Time-Travels of the Man who Sold Pickles and Sweets — an Excerpt

The Time-Travels of the Man who Sold Pickles and Sweets — an Excerpt

Ibn Shalaby, like many Egyptians, is looking for a job. Yet, unlike most of his fellow citizens, he...

6 DECEMBER 2024 • By Khairy Shalaby
“The Man Who Loves Ducks” from Freedom, Only Freedom

“The Man Who Loves Ducks” from Freedom, Only Freedom

An inmate in Manus prison who suffers the inhospitable conditions with the rest of the inmates finds solace...

1 NOVEMBER 2024 • By Omid Tofighian
“The Ballad of Lulu and Amina” — from Jerusalem to Gaza

“The Ballad of Lulu and Amina” — from Jerusalem to Gaza

Can Izzeldin Bukhari bring the cat his sister loves to her wedding in Gaza? Only the IDF and...

1 NOVEMBER 2024 • By Izzeldin Bukhari
Victoria — An Excerpt

Victoria — An Excerpt

We present the first chapter of Karoline Kamel’s debut novel in a new translation in English by Ranya...

5 JULY 2024 • By Karoline Kamel
The Mourning Diaries of Atash Shakarami

The Mourning Diaries of Atash Shakarami

The diaries provide a complex double-layered narrative of Nika as a victim of regime brutality, and of Atrash...

5 JULY 2024 • By Poupeh Missaghi
“Besara”—an excerpt from Things Are Not in Their Place

“Besara”—an excerpt from Things Are Not in Their Place

An excerpt from Omani writer Huda Hamed’s bittersweet coming-of-age novel about race and self in a new English...

5 JULY 2024 • By Huda Hamed
Ripped from Memoirs of a Lebanese Policeman

Ripped from Memoirs of a Lebanese Policeman

True reflections of a former officer of the law in Lebanon from his hit memoir, translated by Lina...

5 JULY 2024 • By Fawzi Zabyan
“The Minisecures”—excerpt from The History of the Gods of Egypt

“The Minisecures”—excerpt from The History of the Gods of Egypt

Bonfire of the vanities: A second-rate artist imagines the prophets and the grand, holy tales of monotheism.

3 MARCH 2024 • By Mohammad Rabie
Almost Every Day—from the novel by Mohammed Abdelnabi

Almost Every Day—from the novel by Mohammed Abdelnabi

An exclusive excerpt from Mohammed Abdelnabi's latest novel "Almost Every Day," translated from the Arabic by Nada Faris.

3 DECEMBER 2023 • By Mohammed Abdelnabi
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