Tarek Abi Samra

Tarek Abi Samra is a writer and translator from Lebanon. He writes regularly for the L’Orient littéraire in French, and for several different independent outlets in Arabic, and his work has also appeared in other publications in both languages. His short story “The Bastard” was included in its English translation in the Beirut Noir anthology published by Akashic books. He has translated, from French to Arabic, the Goncourt prize-winning novel, Boussole (Compass), by Mathias Énard.

29 November, 2024 • Tarek Abi Samra

A Fragile Ceasefire as Lebanon Survives, Traumatized

Lebanon may have survived yet another Israeli onslaught but the people emerge scathed and timorous, as if from a nightmare.

5 July, 2024 • Tarek Abi Samra, Lina Mounzer

Flaubert’s Poison Pen

Flaubert's theory of meaning and form rests on a mystical conception of the nature of writing, alongside the theory of music in writing.