M. Lynx Qualey is the founder of ArabLit.org, a website that brings together translators, authors, publishers, critics, academics, and readers around discussions of Arabic literature in translation. She works as a book critic, reader, editor, and ghostwriter. You can follow her at @arablit.
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At least 5 fresh Arabic short-story collections are coming to English translation in 2019, centering on Palestine, Egypt, and Sudan.
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An Egyptian journalist was researching a new book about Naguib Mahfouz when he made a discovery: fifty handwritten stories and a note to "publish in 1994."
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The Arabic translation of Margaret Atwood's THE HANDMAID'S TALE, tr. Ahmed al-Ali, was launched at this year's Sharjah International Book Fair.
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Three years ago, a small group of translators and literature-boosters started “WorldKidLit Month.” In 2016, we kicked off the first-ever ...
Ruqaya Izzidien’s debut novel, The Watermelon Boys, was released at the end of August. At the same time, she launched her fun, short-film book trailer.