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Saliha Haddad

Salah Badis is an author from Algeria. He published the collection of poetry Ḍajar̊ ạlbawạkẖir̊   [The Boredom of Ships] (Al Mutawassit, 2016), followed by his collection of short stories, Hadẖihi ạumwruⁿ taḥ̊dutẖ̊ [Things That Happen] (Al Mutawassit, 2019), and its subsequent translation into French, Des Choses qui Arrivent, in 2023. His poems and essays have been translated into English, French, and Turkish, and have appeared in The Markaz Review; Critical Muslim, and The Funambulist, among others. A founding member of Nafha magazine, he is a journalist, music editor, and a cultural researcher for print and radio. Badis also translates from French into Arabic. Among the authors he has translated are Joseph Andras, Eric Vuillard, and Jean Sénac.

Saliha Haddad is an Algerian writer, literary interviewer, and translator. Her work was published in Agbowo, Ubwali Magazine, The Markaz Review, The New Arab, Newlines Magazine and Africa in Dialogue. In 2021 she was shortlisted for the African Writers Awards and in 2022 she was awarded first place in the inaugural ANTOA literary contest for fiction.

5 July, 2024 • Salah Badis, Saliha Haddad

“Madame Djouzi”—a story by Salah Badis

Salah Badis' short story follows an elderly Algerian woman contemplating the end of her life amidst the threat of earthquakes or having to sell her cherished furniture.

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5 November, 2023 • Salah Badis, Saliha Haddad

“Before the Earthquake”—a short story by Salah Badis

In which a woman ponders the fate of the individuals who left behind their garments, now long forgotten, at the laundromat.

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20 February, 2023 • Saliha Haddad

Yemen War Survivors Speak in What Have You Left Behind?

Saliha Haddad reviews the English translation of Bushra al-Maqtari's book of oral histories on those who survived the war in Yemen.

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26 December, 2022 • Saliha Haddad

Mohamed Makhzangi Despairs at Man’s Cruelty to Animals

Saliha Haddad reviews the new translation of a major collection of short stories by the Egyptian author.

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18 April, 2022 • Saliha Haddad

Egyptian Comedic Novel Captures Dark Tale of Bedouin Migrants

Saliha Haddad reviews the third novel in English translation by Egyptian writer Hamdi Abu Golayyel.

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