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The Woman from Tantoura

Radwa Ashour

Palestine. For most of us, the word brings to mind a series of confused images and disjointed associations—massacres, refugee camps, UN resolutions, settlements, terrorist attacks, war, occupation, ch … continued

All That I Want to Forget

Bothayna Al-Essa

Fatima loves poetry and wants to study French literature—both of which are anathema to her strict and conservative much older brother, Saqr. While living under his roof, Fatima’s hopes and dreams are … continued

Sarab

Raja Alem

November 1979. Violence has broken out in the holiest site of Islam after a charismatic rebel and his devoted followers have announced the coming of the Mahdi and seized the Grand Mosque in Mecca. Amo … continued

Rana Haddad

Donia Kamal

Maan Abu Taleb

Hoopoe translator Nancy Roberts wins 2018 Sheikh Hamad Award for Translation prize

Veteran translator of Arabic fiction Nancy Roberts shared first prize of the 2018 Sheikh Hamad Award for Translation and International Understanding, in the category of translation from Arabic into En…

A handful of Hoopoe novels among entries for the Banipal Translation Prize

Seven Hoopoe novels made this year’s Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize For Arabic Literary Translation shortlist. “We are truly delighted that so many of our titles made the shortlist,” said Hoopoe commissio…

Donia Kamal reads from her novel

Stunning in its simplicity, Cigarette Number Seven is a deeply intimate novel about family and relationship in turbulent times, translated by Nariman Youssef. Donia Kamal’s succinct, candid prose draw…