BOOKS
Shadow of the Sun, a novel by Taleb Alrefai (Banipal Books)
Award-winning Kuwaiti author Taleb Alrefai’s debut novel exposes the reality of life for the country’s migrant construction workers
The Crossing: My journey to the shattered heart of Syria, a memoir by Samar Yazbek of the early years of the Syrian conflict (co-translation with Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp, Penguin Random House)
Reviews of The Crossing:
- The Times Literary Supplement
- The Guardian
- The Financial Times
- The Economist
- The Irish Times
- The Sunday Times
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Shatila Stories, a collaborative novel based on the writing of nine refugee writers (Peirene Press). Longlisted for the EBRD Literature Prize 2019.
Reviews of Shatila Stories:
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After Coffee, by Abdelrashid Mahmoudi, won the 2014 Sheikh Zayed Prize for literature. The English translation was a fiction finalist in the 2019 International Book Awards (HBKU Press)
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OTHER PROSE & POETRY
Poems by Ahmed Alali and Abdulatif Yousef Al-Mubarak, published in the anthology of Saudi poetry, Tracing the Ether (Syracuse Press)
Tripoli, 1911, an excerpt from Libyan author Aisha Ibrahim’s novel, Box of Sand (Words Without Borders)
Two poems by Palestinian poet, Nour Balousha, published in the anthology Arabic, between love and war (Trace Press)
Side Entrance to the House, an excerpt from Omani author Amal Alsaeedi’s book of the same title (The Common)
Sadness in My Heart, an excerpt from Lebanese author Hilal Chouman’s novel of the same title (The Markaz Review)
Everyone Says I Love You, an excerpt from IPAF long listed title by Egyptian author May Eltelmissany (ArabLit.org)
The Exile of the Water Diviner, an excerpt of the IPAF winning title by Omani author Zahran Alqasmi
Three short stories from Kuwait, Issue 25 of The Common (May, 2023)
The Human Revealed Unto Himself, by Faisal Alhebainy
The Library, by Nasser al-Dhafiri
From a Distance, He Approaches, by Khalid Al-Nasrallah
Three short stories from Palestine, Issue 23 of The Common (April, 2022):
Curses, by Eyad Barghuti
Oh, My Nana, by Souad Abu Oksa Daoud
The Stranger, by Abeer Kshiboon
Three short stories from Morocco, Issue 21 of The Common (April, 2021):
The Cripple Gets Married, by Ahmed Bouzfour
Two Stories, by Fatima Zohra Rghioui
A Hot Day, by Abdelmajid Haouasse
Kneading words: Libyan author Mohammed Alnaas on Bread, Writing, and the Stuff of Language, an essay by IPAF winner Alnaas on ArabLit.org (2022)
The Fear of Letting Go, essay by Syrian author Samar Yazbek in The Passenger (2021)
Eyes Shut, a short story by Syrian author Rami Tawil
Fall/Winter 2019 “Eye” issue of Arablit Quarterly
Available to read online on arablit.org
Estrangement, a short story by Egyptian author Eman Abdelrahim
Winter/Spring 2019 “The Strange” issue of ArabLit Quarterly
Crime in Ramallah, an excerpt from the novel by Abbad Yahya
Index on Censorship (April, 2018)
Four Very Short Stories, flash fiction by Khaled Sameh
The Common (2016)
Also featured in Women in Translation in The Common (2019)
Codename: Butterfly, an excerpt from the YA novel by Ahlam Bisharat
(Words Without Borders , with Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp, 2014)
Searching for Cumin & others, Arab women writers on the theme of food
Part of the “Romanzo del Mondo” (Novel of the World) Distributed at the Milano 2015 expo
Includes writing by: Wafa Albueise; Jokha Al-Harthi; Nadia Alkokabany; Leila Al Sayed; Noura Mohamed Faraj; Iman Humaydan; Salima Salih and Basema Younes (with Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp 2014-2015)
A Dream on the Eve of War & The Prophets by Egyptian author Yasser Abdel Latif
(Arablit.org, 2014)
Love Stories on Al Asha Street, excerpt from Saudi author Badriyah Al Beshr’s novel
(First Lines magazine, 2014)
Lantern & other poems by Moroccan poet, Mohammed Bennis
(Asymptote journal 2013)
INTERVIEWS
‘Words We Use to Talk About Home’: An Interview with Abeer Kshiboon, author of “The Stranger”, The Common (2022)
‘Language is a Living Substance‘: An Interview with Abdelmajid Haousse, The Common (2022)
STAGE PLAYS & SCREENPLAYS
Nezouh (Displacement), a screenplay by Syrian director, Soudade Kaadan (2022), which won the Audience Award and the Lanterna Magica Award at the 2022 Venice Film Festival, Best Film winner at the 2023 Cannes Cinéphiles, 2023 Festival du Film Arabe de Fameck, 2023 Rome MedFilm Festival and 2023 Sharjah International Children’s Film Festival. Nominated for the Grand Prix at the Fribourg International Film Festival, Best Movie at the London Film Festival, Red Sea International Film Festival, International Festival of India Watch the official Trailer here.
When Farah Cries, a stage play by Mudar Al Hajji
Another Europe (with Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp, 2014)
When Farah Cries was performed at The Borderlight Festival in Cleveland, US, in July, 2019
The Arabic theatre production is available to watch on You Tube
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