The White Dog’s Fable— Yasser Abdel-latif
TRANSLATED FROM THE ARABIC BY OSAMA HAMMAD Lucy was an infertile dog living in Maadi, the...
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The Story of Hazza, the Man who Begot his Father— Faisal Al Hebainy
TRANSLATED FROM THE ARABIC BY OSAMA HAMMAD There was a man called Hazzaa, but no one called...
Read MoreGreen Adam, Grey Adam, Red Adam! – Sultan Alqaisi
Translated from the Arabic by Adam Lebzo. Twenty hours passed before Adam decided to wake up. He’d had a long day that felt more like half a week. And so, Adam had to compensate by getting 3 nights worth of sleep in one...
Read MoreArabic Poems in Translation – Will Pewitt
Translator Will Pewitt teaches global literature at the University of North Florida and publishes in a variety of genres, from poetry and fiction to history and philosophy.
Read MoreCity Nightmares – Hisham Bustani
Translated from the Arabic by Mala Tabet [The building that sees, hears, and speaks ] The building is dark and gloomy, full of ghosts from the past. They wander around, in and out of apartments and rooms, and up and down the...
Read MoreVermilion Daze – Estabraq Ahmad
In your stained dishdasha, drooping collar, and sneakers with grimy laces, you stand waiting. You see him poring over a faded paper, its lines glowing red with numbers and scribbles. The paper yells: Overdue payment! Staggered,...
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Nicely done
Beautiful 😊😊👌🏽
Loved the way Debraj links it a full circle, though they're 3 characters from different novels. Kudos!!
Excellent translation doing full justice to the essence of the original poems
Excellent rendering.
Simply beautiful 😍