literature in translation

What Remains: Voice and the Poetry of Forugh Farrokhzad

What Remains: Voice and the Poetry of Forugh Farrokhzad

In which Farah Ahamed remembers losing her voice as a result of personal tragedy, and relates to the...

FEBRUARY 7, 2025 • By Farah Ahamed
The Conversation: Arabic-English Translators maia tabet & Yasmeen Hanoosh

The Conversation: Arabic-English Translators maia tabet & Yasmeen Hanoosh

Long-time diasporic translators discuss the art of translation, from Arabic to English, identifying intersections and divergences along their...

OCTOBER 25, 2024 • By Yasmeen Hanoosh
Top 10 Books to Read this Fall

Top 10 Books to Read this Fall

Editors recommend their top ten titles to read this season, from novels set in Egypt, Zanzibar, Oman and...

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024 • By Rana Asfour
On the Herculean Task of Translating Joyce’s Ulysses into Kurdish

On the Herculean Task of Translating Joyce’s Ulysses into Kurdish

Kawa Nemir felt he'd been preparing to undertake the translation of James Joyce's masterpiece his whole life...

NOVEMBER 28, 2023 • By Kaya Genç
“Supplication”—a short story by Hisham Bustani

“Supplication”—a short story by Hisham Bustani

In Hisham Bustani’s new short story, one man’s religious nightmare brings him face to face with an unlikely...

OCTOBER 1, 2023 • By Hisham Bustani
The Mystery of Enayat al-Zayyat in Iman Mersal’s Tour de Force

The Mystery of Enayat al-Zayyat in Iman Mersal’s Tour de Force

Selma Dabbagh reviews a masterpiece that gives insight into the life of a remarkable woman artist striving to...

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023 • By Selma Dabbagh
Saqi’s Revenant: Sahar Khalifeh’s Classic Nablus Novel Wild Thorns

Saqi’s Revenant: Sahar Khalifeh’s Classic Nablus Novel Wild Thorns

Noshin Bokth reviews a Palestinian literary classic set in Nablus about resignation and resistance under Israeli military occupation.

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023 • By Noshin Bokth
Illegitimate Literature—Interview with Novelist Ebru Ojen

Illegitimate Literature—Interview with Novelist Ebru Ojen

Nazlı Koca interviews novelist Ebru Ojen and her translators on the creative process of bringing her latest book...

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023 • By Nazlı Koca
The Markaz Review Interview—Faïza Guène  

The Markaz Review Interview—Faïza Guène  

Melissa Chemam interviews the French-Algerian novelist Faïza Guène on the publication of her novel "Discretion" in English translation.

MAY 22, 2023 • By Melissa Chemam
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