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NadiJoey
@nadijoey318.bsky.social
Books, politics, global citizen, foreign affairs, world music, and literature. 📚
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We'll have a "Arabic literature in English translation forthcoming 2026" list on Monday, Jan 5 so please let us know what we're missing before then.
January 1, 2026 at 1:44 PM
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What We Published in 2025

What we've published this year.
What We Published in 2025
What we've published this year.
arablit.org
December 30, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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It's hard to feel much of anything at the end of this year apart from burnt down to the marrow, angry and grieving, but also still fiercely loving the work of our writers & translators.

Deepest affection for all of you.
No year’s round-up from me. Just the words I wrote this year that I needed most to write.

Published in @arablit.bsky.social’s series “Grief in Letters” in memory of surgeon Dr Adnan al-Bursh, who was abducted by the IDF 2 years ago, before Israel brutally murdered him arablit.org/dear-dr-adna...
Dear Dr Adnan al-Bursh,
Dear Dr Adnan al-Bursh, Your hands have lived with me for months. After Israel tortured you to death, I searched for them in every photo or video they showed of you. I glimpsed one photo of you tha…
arablit.org
December 30, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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🟢 Hamas Is Preparing to Elect a New Political Leader

Hamas’s General Political Bureau is set to elect a new head within days or in the first 10 days of January, according to Al-Sharq Al-Awsat. The two leading contenders are Khalil al-Hayya, the head of Hamas in Gaza and a chief negotiator in...
December 28, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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I've become afraid of living life out-
And pulling back, like a leaf from a tree. And that I'll love nothing,
And vanish like a nameless stone.

-wrote the one who felt the vise tightening around him, ready to crush him.
#KhouryGhata25 #TheLastDaysOfMandelstam
December 23, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Distance: how many miles of it
lie between us now- disconnected- crucified_then dissected.
and they don't know--it unites us.

#KhouryGhata25 #TheLastDaysOfMandelstam
December 25, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Merry Christmas to all who celebrate! #bookbirds 🐦📚🩵
December 25, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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We’ve been busy to close out the year. Check out some of our recent publications including Lori Allen’s review of Annemarie Jacir’s Academy Award nominated film, Palestine 36!

“Palestine 36 and the Hard Facts of History”
Palestine 36 and the Hard Facts of History
Annemarie Jacir’s epic portrayal of the revolt that never ended.
buff.ly
December 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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On ‘Fighting Ideological Fantasy with Fiction’

Several authors who contributed short stories to the collection spoke about their thoughts on the collapse of time, historical continuities and the notion of fighting ideological fantasy with fiction.
On ‘Fighting Ideological Fantasy with Fiction’
Several authors who contributed short stories to the collection spoke about their thoughts on the collapse of time, historical continuities and the notion of fighting ideological fantasy with fiction.
arablit.org
December 15, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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Shrinking Language, Bursting Memory

"Under siege, time is stolen piece by piece, and language shrinks to match the narrow space it is allowed. People abandon long sentences because every additional word must justify the power it consumes, the battery it drains, the risk it takes in that particular…
Shrinking Language, Bursting Memory
"Under siege, time is stolen piece by piece, and language shrinks to match the narrow space it is allowed. People abandon long sentences because every additional word must justify the power it consumes, the battery it drains, the risk it takes in that particular minute."
arablit.org
December 11, 2025 at 5:48 AM
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A beautiful short story of exile by our own Yasmeen Hanoosh, tr. Ali Issa.

"Even language began to fade. The family forgot the words for their old routines and couldn’t replace them with new ones fast enough."

arablit.org/2025/12/03/s...
Short Fiction in Translation: ‘Child’s Tears’ by Yasmeen Hanoosh
“Even language began to fade. The family forgot the words for their old routines and couldn’t replace them with new ones fast enough.”
arablit.org
December 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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A Single, Slow Exorcism: The Nakba Dreamed Backwards

From the very first lines of her introduction, editor Basma Ghalayani thrusts us right into a hurried, pulsing Gaza. A passerby asks a Gazan sprinting down the street if something has happened. He answers, “no, but it might.”
A Single, Slow Exorcism: The Nakba Dreamed Backwards
From the very first lines of her introduction, editor Basma Ghalayani thrusts us right into a hurried, pulsing Gaza. A passerby asks a Gazan sprinting down the street if something has happened. He answers, “no, but it might.”
arablit.org
December 4, 2025 at 5:38 AM
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In Translation: Blurring the Line Between the Real and the Ludicrous

This December 15, Dar Arab is set to publish Belal Fadl’s The Completely True Tales of Um Mimi and Shari The Adulterer, brought to English by first-time translator Osama Hammad. This darkly humorous coming-of-age is set in a…
In Translation: Blurring the Line Between the Real and the Ludicrous
This December 15, Dar Arab is set to publish Belal Fadl’s The Completely True Tales of Um Mimi and Shari The Adulterer, brought to English by first-time translator Osama Hammad. This darkly humorous coming-of-age is set in a grittily, over-the-top, darkly funny 1990s Cairo. It was originally published in Arabic in 2021 and longlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction in 2022. Here, Hammad talks about how he came to translate this novel, the challenges of translating humor, and what makes this novel so special.
arablit.org
December 8, 2025 at 5:21 AM
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December 2, 2025 at 1:03 PM
December 2, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Absolutely
Let's be clear: the US govt *does not* care about the people of Venezuela. It cares about US hegemony and the interests of the US capitalist class. That is what this is about.
December 2, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Add this to thousands of war crimes the US has committed and gotten away with.
A US invasion would be a war crime against international law, and would result in tens of thousands of deaths. Every single one of these freaks posting pro-invasion takes will have blood on their hands.
December 2, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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Remember, these regime-changers *do not* care about democracy. This is pure PR narrative. The US gladly coups democratically elected leaders (Mosaddegh, Lumumba, Allende, etc), and gladly props up actual autocracies (Saudi, Jordan, Egypt, etc) if it serves their interests.
December 2, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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This is not the time to quibble about missing dots.I say:This is great!This is great! Look, Ilya,what this shows is that Arabic is something every one can enjoy, it's not just for specialists,it's something that can appeal to a character they can identify with
#DeWittGridneff25
December 1, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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I think national intelligence would be improved if Arabic, Hebrew, Farsi, Pashtu and other so-called "exotic languages were to be introduced to a text of comparable popularity. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence is wellplaced to promote this.
#DeWittGridneff25
December 1, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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In a really religious community you never see homeless people; if you really have nowhere to go you can just knock on any door and be invited in.
#DeWittGridneff25 #YourNameHere
December 1, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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but there's this literary purism
You know you're just blaming the victim. You' re a romantic at heart.
You want writers to be rebels, revolutionaries, you want them to break the machine or be broken.
#DeWittGridneff25 #YourNameHere
December 1, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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Forthcoming December 2025: Satire and Contemporary Arab Theater in Translation

As publication dates often slip — and new books surface — we try to have a glance at what’s really (to the best of our knowledge) coming in translation from Arabic at the start of each month.
Forthcoming December 2025: Satire and Contemporary Arab Theater in Translation
As publication dates often slip — and new books surface — we try to have a glance at what’s really (to the best of our knowledge) coming in translation from Arabic at the start of each month.
arablit.org
December 1, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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This is madness.

All books by Normal People and Conversations with Friends author Sally Rooney set to be withdrawn from sale.

The 34-year-old Irish author says: “The disappearance of my work from bookshops would mark a truly extreme incursion by the state into the realm of artistic expression.”
Sally Rooney books may be withdrawn from UK sale over Palestine Action ban, court told
Rooney has said she intended to use royalties from her work "to go on supporting Palestine Action."
www.bbc.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:38 AM