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@arablit.bsky.socialMay's book, here with series editor Ibtihal Rida Mahmood.
ArabLit & ArabLit Quarterly
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@arablit.bsky.social@arablit.bsky.socialIt's publication day & we couldn't agree more with this new subscriber/supporter.
@arablit.bsky.socialIt’s Publication Day: May Ziadeh’s ‘Musings’
It's publication day for May Ziadeh's Musings of a Young Woman, the second title in our ERASED NOT FORGOTTEN series, ed. Ibtihal Rida Mahmood. In honor of the release, we share…
https://arablit.org/2026/10/12/its-publication-day-may-ziadehs-musings/
@yungenchee.bsky.socialReposted by @arablit.bsky.socialStill thinking about Alaa Alqaisi's extraordinary "Translating the Unseen: Gaza’s Sky and Anne Carson’s Vision"
@felicitycallard.bsky.socialReposted by @arablit.bsky.socialAlaa Alqaisi translating under the Gaza sky
@arablit.bsky.socialThe Mouse That Cheated Death
"The Mouse That Cheated Death" is a short story by Qatari writer Huda Al Naemi from her collection "Kaleela and Huda."...
https://arablit.org/2026/10/09/the-mouse-that-cheated-death/
@arablit.bsky.social"Every step in this language is a step away from home, taking me farther and farther. Every sentence is another layer of rubble over my home, over my dead body."
@arablit.bsky.socialThis year's Nobel Prize toAnne Carson. Read Alaa Alqaisi's essay "Translating the Unseen: Gaza’s Sky and Anne Carson’s Vision":
@thenewarab.bsky.socialReposted by @arablit.bsky.socialBook Club: In 'Rooted Movements,' Amanda Batarseh explores how Palestinian literature reimagines land, belonging and return in the face of displacement and exile:
@arablit.bsky.socialGreat conversation about writing (publishing, and reading) in Saudi Arabia today between Ibrahim Alfraih & Ahmed Alhokail:
@arablit.bsky.social‘Writing Is Rediscovering the Tangible’
Born in the mid-1980s, Ahmed Alhokail is among the most distinctive Saudi writers of his generation. In this exchange, he talks about placing the ordinary at the center of the story,…
https://arablit.org/2026/10/08/writing-is-rediscovering-the-tangible/
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@arablit.bsky.socialNo, I'm wrong. Promoting Indra's book has everything to do with ArabLit's core mission, which includes creating networks of multi-directional support for writers outside the channels of big-business publishing, book fairs, platforms, etc., esp. if those writers show concrete support for Palestine.
@arablit.bsky.socialThis 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.)
@arablit.bsky.socialIf you're keeping up with Arabic Literary & Cultural Studies, you should definitely be subscribed to Ibrahim Alfraih's newsletter. #7 is out today:
@arablit.bsky.socialLeri Price and Samar Yazbek Finalists for National Book Award
Author Samar Yazbek and translator Leri Price made the five-book shortlist for the 2026 National Book Awards for Your Presence Is a Danger to…
https://arablit.org/2026/10/06/leri-price-and-samar-yazbek-finalists-for-national-book-award/
@arablit.bsky.socialLiterature cannot single-handedly rebuild a state, Alatrash notes, but “it can cultivate the imaginative space in which the vital questions of nationhood, equality, and restoring humanity can finally be asked.”
@arablit.bsky.social‘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/
@arablit.bsky.socialERASED NOT FORGOTTEN series editor Ibtihal Rida Mahmood with copies of May Ziadeh's MUSINGS OF A YOUNG WOMAN, which is coming October 12 2026.
From May Ziadeh (1886-1941), one of our great thinkers & writers, now in English.
Thanks to the whole collective!
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@arablit.bsky.socialOn the Official Launch of PEN Sudan
On September 30, 2026, PEN Sudan was formally admitted to PEN International during the 92nd PEN International Congress....
https://arablit.org/2026/10/05/on-the-official-launch-of-pen-sudan/