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Musings of a Young Woman by Palestinian writer, May Ziadeh, written between 1911 and 1921. Translated by a team of female translators listed in the alt text.
Published by the mighty @arablit.bsky.social Please do check out their excellent publications incl Arablit Quarterly.
Musings of a Young Woman by Palestinian writer, May Ziadeh, written between 1911 and 1921. Translated by a team of female translators listed in the alt text.
Published by the mighty @arablit.bsky.social Please do check out their excellent publications incl Arablit Quarterly.
November 5, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Book shopping!
Musings of a Young Woman by Palestinian writer, May Ziadeh, written between 1911 and 1921. Translated by a team of female translators listed in the alt text.
Published by the mighty @arablit.bsky.social Please do check out their excellent publications incl Arablit Quarterly.
Musings of a Young Woman by Palestinian writer, May Ziadeh, written between 1911 and 1921. Translated by a team of female translators listed in the alt text.
Published by the mighty @arablit.bsky.social Please do check out their excellent publications incl Arablit Quarterly.
Arabic literature (translations released this years as I am a scrub who only speaks English) because rfkjr is bullshit
Forthcoming 2026: Arabic Literature in Translation – ARABLIT & ARABLIT QUARTERLY share.google/OW5vzu82UW4y...
Forthcoming 2026: Arabic Literature in Translation – ARABLIT & ARABLIT QUARTERLY share.google/OW5vzu82UW4y...
Forthcoming 2026: Arabic Literature in Translation
An ongoing list of Arabic literature in translation forthcoming in 2026.
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October 27, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Arabic literature (translations released this years as I am a scrub who only speaks English) because rfkjr is bullshit
Forthcoming 2026: Arabic Literature in Translation – ARABLIT & ARABLIT QUARTERLY share.google/OW5vzu82UW4y...
Forthcoming 2026: Arabic Literature in Translation – ARABLIT & ARABLIT QUARTERLY share.google/OW5vzu82UW4y...
Today on ArabLit, Laura Gribbon thinking with Abdelrahman ElGendy's HUNA on translation & political prisoners.
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The Second Erasure: How Do We Speak of (and with) Political Prisoners?
How do we speak of political prisoners while they are still inside, and how do we speak with them once they’re out? This is not a question about representation, but rather about production; a…
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October 26, 2026 at 8:18 AM
Today on ArabLit, Laura Gribbon thinking with Abdelrahman ElGendy's HUNA on translation & political prisoners.
arablit.org/2026/10/26/t...
arablit.org/2026/10/26/t...
"What can a Kurd do but be angry? Indeed, what can any person in this contemptible, wounding, violent, and terrifying age do but be angry?"
Today on ArabLit, a conversation with the (very) elusive Salim Barakat:
arablit.org/2026/10/20/i...
Today on ArabLit, a conversation with the (very) elusive Salim Barakat:
arablit.org/2026/10/20/i...
In Conversation with Salim Barakat
“Barakat is forthright, crude, and uncensored in his writings, and he was the same in his responses to my questions. He paints a prophetic picture, neither for himself nor for anyone else.…
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October 20, 2026 at 8:23 AM
"What can a Kurd do but be angry? Indeed, what can any person in this contemptible, wounding, violent, and terrifying age do but be angry?"
Today on ArabLit, a conversation with the (very) elusive Salim Barakat:
arablit.org/2026/10/20/i...
Today on ArabLit, a conversation with the (very) elusive Salim Barakat:
arablit.org/2026/10/20/i...
Syrian Lebanese American poet Maya Salameh examines how war and militarization become embedded in the routines and infrastructures of everyday life.
> Discover the poems: https://bit.ly/inhuman-resources-selected-poems
#TMR61 #Anthropocene #SWANA #ArabLit #Literature #Poetry #Poems
> Discover the poems: https://bit.ly/inhuman-resources-selected-poems
#TMR61 #Anthropocene #SWANA #ArabLit #Literature #Poetry #Poems
October 18, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Syrian Lebanese American poet Maya Salameh examines how war and militarization become embedded in the routines and infrastructures of everyday life.
> Discover the poems: https://bit.ly/inhuman-resources-selected-poems
#TMR61 #Anthropocene #SWANA #ArabLit #Literature #Poetry #Poems
> Discover the poems: https://bit.ly/inhuman-resources-selected-poems
#TMR61 #Anthropocene #SWANA #ArabLit #Literature #Poetry #Poems
This week on ArabLit, two works from Gaza, Palestine (with one more coming tomorrow, a story by Ansam Abu Setta tr. Nada Hodali).
Two Cat Stories from Gaza
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Three New Poems by Taqwa Ahmed Alwawi
arablit.org/2026/10/14/t...
Two Cat Stories from Gaza
arablit.org/2026/10/13/t...
Three New Poems by Taqwa Ahmed Alwawi
arablit.org/2026/10/14/t...
Two Cat Stories from Gaza
These two stories both come from Palestinian writer and psychologist Dr. Hassan Al-Qatrawi. Hunger’s Siege on Gaza By Dr. Hassan Al-Qatrawi Translated by Munira El Najar Two hours of persistent eff…
arablit.org
October 15, 2026 at 10:47 AM
This week on ArabLit, two works from Gaza, Palestine (with one more coming tomorrow, a story by Ansam Abu Setta tr. Nada Hodali).
Two Cat Stories from Gaza
arablit.org/2026/10/13/t...
Three New Poems by Taqwa Ahmed Alwawi
arablit.org/2026/10/14/t...
Two Cat Stories from Gaza
arablit.org/2026/10/13/t...
Three New Poems by Taqwa Ahmed Alwawi
arablit.org/2026/10/14/t...
In this haunting work of speculative fiction by Balsam Karam, tr. by Saskia Vogel, a former greengrocer's quiet rituals are interrupted by a devastating act of state violence.
> Discover the story now: https://bit.ly/event-horizon-an-excerpt
#Anthropocene #SWANA #ArabLit #Literature #Fiction
> Discover the story now: https://bit.ly/event-horizon-an-excerpt
#Anthropocene #SWANA #ArabLit #Literature #Fiction
October 13, 2026 at 9:00 AM
In this haunting work of speculative fiction by Balsam Karam, tr. by Saskia Vogel, a former greengrocer's quiet rituals are interrupted by a devastating act of state violence.
> Discover the story now: https://bit.ly/event-horizon-an-excerpt
#Anthropocene #SWANA #ArabLit #Literature #Fiction
> Discover the story now: https://bit.ly/event-horizon-an-excerpt
#Anthropocene #SWANA #ArabLit #Literature #Fiction
TMR presents a selection of bold, thought-provoking books about changing landscapes, environmental crisis, and new ways to survive and thrive.
> Check the full book list now: https://bit.ly/the-anthropocene-book-list
#TMR61 #TheMarkazReview #Anthropocene #SWANA #ArabLit #Literature #BookList
> Check the full book list now: https://bit.ly/the-anthropocene-book-list
#TMR61 #TheMarkazReview #Anthropocene #SWANA #ArabLit #Literature #BookList
October 8, 2026 at 3:00 PM
TMR presents a selection of bold, thought-provoking books about changing landscapes, environmental crisis, and new ways to survive and thrive.
> Check the full book list now: https://bit.ly/the-anthropocene-book-list
#TMR61 #TheMarkazReview #Anthropocene #SWANA #ArabLit #Literature #BookList
> Check the full book list now: https://bit.ly/the-anthropocene-book-list
#TMR61 #TheMarkazReview #Anthropocene #SWANA #ArabLit #Literature #BookList
This has nothing to do with ArabLit but 1) I personally love this novel, and 2) you can see Indra here every day supporting Palestinians in Gaza in concrete ways.
Buy this book. (Or get it from the library, because you should read it in any event.)
Buy this book. (Or get it from the library, because you should read it in any event.)
Bookshop.org is having an anti-amazon-prime sale, & you can get THE DEVOURERS slightly discounted there. A mythic realist, queer dark fantasy about love, sex, violence, & shapeshifting set in contemporary India & the Mughal Empire. It won a Lambda Award.
The Devourers: A Novel
For readers of Margaret Atwood, China Miéville, and David Mitchell comes a striking debut novel by a storyteller of keen insight and captivating imagination.LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD WINNER • NAMED ONE OF...
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October 7, 2026 at 8:26 AM
This has nothing to do with ArabLit but 1) I personally love this novel, and 2) you can see Indra here every day supporting Palestinians in Gaza in concrete ways.
Buy this book. (Or get it from the library, because you should read it in any event.)
Buy this book. (Or get it from the library, because you should read it in any event.)
‘Romeo and Juliet,’ by Fawwaz Haddad
At the recent Doha launch of ArabLit Quarterly's Spring 2026 The Fall of Eternity, co-editors Ghada Alatrash and Fadi Azzam spoke with Georgetown University-Qatar professor Youssef Haddad about…
https://arablit.org/2026/10/06/romeo-and-juliet-by-fawwaz-haddad/
At the recent Doha launch of ArabLit Quarterly's Spring 2026 The Fall of Eternity, co-editors Ghada Alatrash and Fadi Azzam spoke with Georgetown University-Qatar professor Youssef Haddad about…
https://arablit.org/2026/10/06/romeo-and-juliet-by-fawwaz-haddad/
‘Romeo and Juliet,’ by Fawwaz Haddad
At the recent Doha launch of ArabLit Quarterly's Spring 2026 The Fall of Eternity, co-editors Ghada Alatrash and Fadi Azzam spoke with Georgetown University-Qatar professor Youssef Haddad about literature, Syria, and the work of imagining a path forward. Today, we share a short fiction from the issue that attempts part of that re-imagination.
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October 6, 2026 at 9:00 AM
‘Romeo and Juliet,’ by Fawwaz Haddad
At the recent Doha launch of ArabLit Quarterly's Spring 2026 The Fall of Eternity, co-editors Ghada Alatrash and Fadi Azzam spoke with Georgetown University-Qatar professor Youssef Haddad about…
https://arablit.org/2026/10/06/romeo-and-juliet-by-fawwaz-haddad/
At the recent Doha launch of ArabLit Quarterly's Spring 2026 The Fall of Eternity, co-editors Ghada Alatrash and Fadi Azzam spoke with Georgetown University-Qatar professor Youssef Haddad about…
https://arablit.org/2026/10/06/romeo-and-juliet-by-fawwaz-haddad/
Three poems by poet George Abraham explore grief and displacement through the entanglements of family and empire, human and animal, body and language.
> Discover the poems now: https://bit.ly/poems-from-when-the-arab-apocalypse-comes-to-america
#TMR61 #Anthropocene #SWANA #ArabLit
> Discover the poems now: https://bit.ly/poems-from-when-the-arab-apocalypse-comes-to-america
#TMR61 #Anthropocene #SWANA #ArabLit
October 3, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Three poems by poet George Abraham explore grief and displacement through the entanglements of family and empire, human and animal, body and language.
> Discover the poems now: https://bit.ly/poems-from-when-the-arab-apocalypse-comes-to-america
#TMR61 #Anthropocene #SWANA #ArabLit
> Discover the poems now: https://bit.ly/poems-from-when-the-arab-apocalypse-comes-to-america
#TMR61 #Anthropocene #SWANA #ArabLit
Cynthia Kreichati tries to think through the unthinkable as she considers the mechanics of Israel’s AI-powered assault on Lebanon.
> Read the full essay now: https://bit.ly/hunter-trickster-gatherer
#TMR61 #TheMarkazReview #Anthropocene #SWANA #ArabLit #Literature #Lebanon #Hunter
> Read the full essay now: https://bit.ly/hunter-trickster-gatherer
#TMR61 #TheMarkazReview #Anthropocene #SWANA #ArabLit #Literature #Lebanon #Hunter
September 27, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Cynthia Kreichati tries to think through the unthinkable as she considers the mechanics of Israel’s AI-powered assault on Lebanon.
> Read the full essay now: https://bit.ly/hunter-trickster-gatherer
#TMR61 #TheMarkazReview #Anthropocene #SWANA #ArabLit #Literature #Lebanon #Hunter
> Read the full essay now: https://bit.ly/hunter-trickster-gatherer
#TMR61 #TheMarkazReview #Anthropocene #SWANA #ArabLit #Literature #Lebanon #Hunter
Alaa Alqaisi and What Caution Cannot Do
Today is the Dublin launch of ArabLit contributor Alaa Alqaisi’s The Thin Border: Living in Extra Time. It is available through Skein Press....
https://arablit.org/2026/09/22/alaa-alqaisi-and-what-caution-cannot-do/
Today is the Dublin launch of ArabLit contributor Alaa Alqaisi’s The Thin Border: Living in Extra Time. It is available through Skein Press....
https://arablit.org/2026/09/22/alaa-alqaisi-and-what-caution-cannot-do/
Alaa Alqaisi and What Caution Cannot Do
Today is the Dublin launch of ArabLit contributor Alaa Alqaisi’s The Thin Border: Living in Extra Time. It is available through Skein Press.
arablit.org
September 22, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Alaa Alqaisi and What Caution Cannot Do
Today is the Dublin launch of ArabLit contributor Alaa Alqaisi’s The Thin Border: Living in Extra Time. It is available through Skein Press....
https://arablit.org/2026/09/22/alaa-alqaisi-and-what-caution-cannot-do/
Today is the Dublin launch of ArabLit contributor Alaa Alqaisi’s The Thin Border: Living in Extra Time. It is available through Skein Press....
https://arablit.org/2026/09/22/alaa-alqaisi-and-what-caution-cannot-do/
Haunted by the photograph of a Barbary lion, noam keim searches Morocco and France for the landscapes, histories, and memories that might make a home.
> Read the full essay now: https://bit.ly/the-last-barbary-lion
#TMR61 #Anthropocene #SWANA #ArabLit #Literature #Morocco #MoroccanLit
> Read the full essay now: https://bit.ly/the-last-barbary-lion
#TMR61 #Anthropocene #SWANA #ArabLit #Literature #Morocco #MoroccanLit
September 20, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Haunted by the photograph of a Barbary lion, noam keim searches Morocco and France for the landscapes, histories, and memories that might make a home.
> Read the full essay now: https://bit.ly/the-last-barbary-lion
#TMR61 #Anthropocene #SWANA #ArabLit #Literature #Morocco #MoroccanLit
> Read the full essay now: https://bit.ly/the-last-barbary-lion
#TMR61 #Anthropocene #SWANA #ArabLit #Literature #Morocco #MoroccanLit
من مشترک New York Review of Books
Granta
London Review of Books
Arablit Quarterly
International Journal of Middle East Studies
Stinging Fly
Strand Magazine
Berlin Quarterly
و از همشون راضیام.
Granta
London Review of Books
Arablit Quarterly
International Journal of Middle East Studies
Stinging Fly
Strand Magazine
Berlin Quarterly
و از همشون راضیام.
September 13, 2026 at 2:01 PM
من مشترک New York Review of Books
Granta
London Review of Books
Arablit Quarterly
International Journal of Middle East Studies
Stinging Fly
Strand Magazine
Berlin Quarterly
و از همشون راضیام.
Granta
London Review of Books
Arablit Quarterly
International Journal of Middle East Studies
Stinging Fly
Strand Magazine
Berlin Quarterly
و از همشون راضیام.
“You were first created out of love, / so carry nothing but love / to those who are trembling.”
— Hiba Abu Nada
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This poem appeared in ArabLit Quarterly, 2023. Shared here with deep gratitude.
— Hiba Abu Nada
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This poem appeared in ArabLit Quarterly, 2023. Shared here with deep gratitude.
September 6, 2026 at 2:01 PM
“You were first created out of love, / so carry nothing but love / to those who are trembling.”
— Hiba Abu Nada
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.
.
This poem appeared in ArabLit Quarterly, 2023. Shared here with deep gratitude.
— Hiba Abu Nada
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.
This poem appeared in ArabLit Quarterly, 2023. Shared here with deep gratitude.
NBCC member Britta Stromeyer reviewed "The Sleep Thief," written by Ibtisam Azem and translated from the Arabic by Sinan Antoon, for ArabLit: buff.ly/TBJzz2I
Stealing Sleep, Reclaiming Tomorrow
In the opening pages of The Sleep Thief by Ibtisam Azem (tr. Sinan Antoon), Palestinian protagonist, Gharib Haifawi, recounts how he was dubbed the “sleep thief” by his interrogators du…
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September 5, 2026 at 5:01 PM
NBCC member Britta Stromeyer reviewed "The Sleep Thief," written by Ibtisam Azem and translated from the Arabic by Sinan Antoon, for ArabLit: buff.ly/TBJzz2I
Song for Bassam Saba
This poem originally appeared in our 2021 SONG issue of ArabLit Quarterly....
https://arablit.org/2026/09/03/song-for-bassam-saba/
This poem originally appeared in our 2021 SONG issue of ArabLit Quarterly....
https://arablit.org/2026/09/03/song-for-bassam-saba/
Song for Bassam Saba
This poem originally appeared in our 2021 SONG issue of ArabLit Quarterly.
arablit.org
September 3, 2026 at 5:37 AM
Song for Bassam Saba
This poem originally appeared in our 2021 SONG issue of ArabLit Quarterly....
https://arablit.org/2026/09/03/song-for-bassam-saba/
This poem originally appeared in our 2021 SONG issue of ArabLit Quarterly....
https://arablit.org/2026/09/03/song-for-bassam-saba/
ArabLit calls Najwa Bin Shatwan, author of The Slave Yards, "One of the most distinctive voices in contemporary Arabic literature, known for her fast-moving, experimental writing, often told from unexpected points of view." arablit.org/2026/08/26/f...
Four Libyan Women Writers You Should Read
For Women in Translation Month (#WiTMonth), we take you on a tour of work by four Libyan women writers. For more on the Libyan literary scene, visit ArabLit’s June 2026 newsletter for publishing pr…
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August 27, 2026 at 6:01 PM
ArabLit calls Najwa Bin Shatwan, author of The Slave Yards, "One of the most distinctive voices in contemporary Arabic literature, known for her fast-moving, experimental writing, often told from unexpected points of view." arablit.org/2026/08/26/f...
Women Recommending Women: Favorite Book Spaces – ARABLIT & ARABLIT QUARTERLY arablit.org/2026/08/20/w...
Women Recommending Women: Favorite Book Spaces
To mark Women in Translation Month (#WiTMonth), ArabLit’s Meriem Essaoudy talked with women who write in Arabic around the world, asking them to recommend favorite contemporary and classic bo…
arablit.org
August 21, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Women Recommending Women: Favorite Book Spaces – ARABLIT & ARABLIT QUARTERLY arablit.org/2026/08/20/w...
النص العربي لرسالة قصيرة جدا، مُرسلة لجهة لن تستلمها، والتي جاءت بعنوان (رسالة إلى ملاك مجهول)، تم نشرها في (منتدى الكتاب العربي).
النص باللغة الانجليزية ظهر في العدد الفصلي المطبوع في مجلة
(Arablit Quarterly)
للاطلاع على النص، بالامكان زيارة الرابط التالي:
www.arabworldbooks.com/ar/e-zine/%D...
النص باللغة الانجليزية ظهر في العدد الفصلي المطبوع في مجلة
(Arablit Quarterly)
للاطلاع على النص، بالامكان زيارة الرابط التالي:
www.arabworldbooks.com/ar/e-zine/%D...
رسالة إلى ملاك مجهول
عزيزتي الروح الملائكية المفقودة،
أكتب إليك من عالم يستمر بالدوران حول كافةِ الأشياء، على الرغم من أن عالمك توقف في يوم ذلك الانفجار المأساوي. أعلم أنك لن تتلقى هذه الرسالة أبدًا، لكنني أشعر بأنني مضط...
www.arabworldbooks.com
May 11, 2025 at 2:15 AM
النص العربي لرسالة قصيرة جدا، مُرسلة لجهة لن تستلمها، والتي جاءت بعنوان (رسالة إلى ملاك مجهول)، تم نشرها في (منتدى الكتاب العربي).
النص باللغة الانجليزية ظهر في العدد الفصلي المطبوع في مجلة
(Arablit Quarterly)
للاطلاع على النص، بالامكان زيارة الرابط التالي:
www.arabworldbooks.com/ar/e-zine/%D...
النص باللغة الانجليزية ظهر في العدد الفصلي المطبوع في مجلة
(Arablit Quarterly)
للاطلاع على النص، بالامكان زيارة الرابط التالي:
www.arabworldbooks.com/ar/e-zine/%D...
MÁRQUEZ, MAHFOUZ, OR GODOT?* by Ali Shakir,
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In this extract from his new book, Heavenly Rooms: A Novel? Shakir muses the allure and transiency of writing.
🔗 tawahan.com/2025/09/07/m...
#arabwriters#shortstory#alishakir#arablit#emergingwriters #arabliterature#tawahan
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In this extract from his new book, Heavenly Rooms: A Novel? Shakir muses the allure and transiency of writing.
🔗 tawahan.com/2025/09/07/m...
#arabwriters#shortstory#alishakir#arablit#emergingwriters #arabliterature#tawahan
September 7, 2025 at 10:46 AM
MÁRQUEZ, MAHFOUZ, OR GODOT?* by Ali Shakir,
Goes up at 15:00 UTC+00!
In this extract from his new book, Heavenly Rooms: A Novel? Shakir muses the allure and transiency of writing.
🔗 tawahan.com/2025/09/07/m...
#arabwriters#shortstory#alishakir#arablit#emergingwriters #arabliterature#tawahan
Goes up at 15:00 UTC+00!
In this extract from his new book, Heavenly Rooms: A Novel? Shakir muses the allure and transiency of writing.
🔗 tawahan.com/2025/09/07/m...
#arabwriters#shortstory#alishakir#arablit#emergingwriters #arabliterature#tawahan
パレスチナ人作家ズィヤード・ハッダーシュによる「ここの外では」は、2024年1月にアラビア語メディアSawt Al-Orobaに掲載された掌編小説を、佐藤祐朔さんが翻訳した作品です。
sawtoroba.com?p=42467
Victoria Issaさんによる英訳をアラブ系作家やアラビア語の作品、また文学ニュースを掲載するArablitで読むことができます。
arablit.org/2024/02/19/n...
sawtoroba.com?p=42467
Victoria Issaさんによる英訳をアラブ系作家やアラビア語の作品、また文学ニュースを掲載するArablitで読むことができます。
arablit.org/2024/02/19/n...
New Short Fiction: Ziad Khaddash’s ‘Strange Things Happening Outside’
This short story was first published in the independent Palestinian newspaper Al Ayyam on January 16, 2024. Strange Things Happening Outside By Ziad Khaddash Translated by Victoria Issa I am two mo…
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May 18, 2024 at 12:13 AM
パレスチナ人作家ズィヤード・ハッダーシュによる「ここの外では」は、2024年1月にアラビア語メディアSawt Al-Orobaに掲載された掌編小説を、佐藤祐朔さんが翻訳した作品です。
sawtoroba.com?p=42467
Victoria Issaさんによる英訳をアラブ系作家やアラビア語の作品、また文学ニュースを掲載するArablitで読むことができます。
arablit.org/2024/02/19/n...
sawtoroba.com?p=42467
Victoria Issaさんによる英訳をアラブ系作家やアラビア語の作品、また文学ニュースを掲載するArablitで読むことができます。
arablit.org/2024/02/19/n...