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Side by side portraits of 2024 National Book Award nominees translators Sawad Hussain and Ranya...

The National Book Award Interviews: Bothayna Al-Essa, Ranya Abdelrahman, Sawad Hussain

By Words Without Borders

“I wanted to create a journey for a book censor who becomes eventually a reader, and then he needs to protect this new identity as a reader in a world that deals with it as if it’s a crime or something.”

The covers of the ten books featured in the list

Your 2024 International Women’s Day Reading List

By Alexander Aguayo

In honor of International Women’s Day 2024, WWB recommends 10 forthcoming books written and translated by women, plus an honorable mention.

The Appearance of the Dragon, and His Disappearance

By Hooda El Shuwa

Khidr stepped out onto the street and was filled with an extraordinary horror.

Translated from Arabic by M. Lynx Qualey

The Bamboo Stalk

By Saud Alsanousi

“Do you know how many policemen’s numbers I have in my phone?”

Translated from Arabic by Jonathan Wright

Bushrawi . . . Ranjini

By Taleb Alrefai

Mus‘ad, my youngest son, is more than two years old, and I’ve never seen him.

Translated from Arabic by William Maynard Hutchins

The Ringing Body

By Fatima Yousef al-Ali

I’m passionately in love with your voice . . . only your voice.

Translated from Arabic by William Maynard Hutchins

A Man’s Staff

By Fatima Yousef al-Ali

He gazed at it admiringly, with sorrow, fear, and bedazzlement. I had no idea how far his attachment to this stick would escalate.

Translated from Arabic by William Maynard Hutchins