A novel that tells the story of the end of socialism in Algeria, almost one year before the...
5 DECEMBER 2025 • By Saïd Khaitibi
A novel that explores taboo subjects with exceptional craftsmanship, while reconstructing the “self” from pain and fragmented identities.
8 AUGUST 2025 • By Ahmed Naji
A story excerpted from Hassan Blasim’s forthcoming collection entitled "The Buried," to be published at the end of...
4 JULY 2025 • By Hassan Blasim
Creatively blending elements of fantasy, Kacimi offers readers a fresh lens onto contemporary life in Algeria.
6 JUNE 2025 • By Samir Kacimi
Long-time diasporic translators discuss the art of translation, from Arabic to English, identifying intersections and divergences along their...
25 OCTOBER 2024 • By Yasmeen Hanoosh
Areej Gamal's translated short story from Egypt depicts a potted plant and forbidden love that become intertwined, with...
3 MAY 2024 • By Areej Gamal
Exclusive excerpt from Huda Fahreddine's "A Brief Time Under a Different Sun," translated from the Arabic by Rana...
3 DECEMBER 2023 • By Huda J. Fakhreddine
In Hisham Bustani’s new short story, one man’s religious nightmare brings him face to face with an unlikely...
1 OCTOBER 2023 • By Hisham Bustani
Twenty years ago, argues Amal Ghandour, it would have been Edward Said. It’s Traboulsi, his best translator, in...
1 OCTOBER 2023 • By Amal Ghandour
Karoline Kamel captures the enchantment of Egypt's flea markets where a nostalgic encounter with a Barbie doll fulfilled...
3 SEPTEMBER 2023 • By Karoline Kamel
In Ghadeer Ahmed's latest story, three women with no abortion rights refuse to be victims of exploitation and...
2 JULY 2023 • By Ghadeer Ahmed
Rula Khateeb Jarallah reviews the news translation of the Mohammed Said Hjiouij novella in which a man is...
8 MAY 2023 • By Rula Khateeb Jarallah
