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World Cup Lit: From ‘Hot Maroc’
This excerpt appeared in the FOOTBALL issue of ArabLit Quarterly, which you can still get in print and digital. From ‘Hot Maroc’ By Yassin Adnan Translated by Alexander Elinson Don Quixote? Did you...
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On Mohamed Choukri’s ‘Faces,’ Now Finally in English
Mohamed Choukri’s Faces, the third book in his famous trilogy of fictionalized autobiographical works that began with For Bread Alone, finally came out in Jonas Elbousty’s English translation this...
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‘Matters of National Football’
To mark the occasion of this month’s news that Morocco was finally succesful in a bid for hosting the World Cup (they will host in 2030, together with Portugal and Spain), we’re re-running this essay...
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An Excerpt from Khadijah Marouazi’s ‘History of Ash’
Khadija Marouazi’s History of Ash appears this month from Hoopoe Fiction, in English translation by Alexander E. Elinson. The novel relays intertwined accounts of time in prison for political crimes,...
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Summer Reads: ‘How Moroccans Laugh’
This summer, we will run select pieces from summer issues of ArabLit Quarterly. This essay, by Moroccan journalist and writer Sanaa El Aji, translated by Leonie Rau, ran in the Summer 2022 JOKE-themed...
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‘Matters of National Football’
In honor of today’s match, we’re running this essay from our beloved FOOTBALL issue, by Moroccan author Yassin Adnan, translated by Moroccan translator Hicham Rafik, with photographs by Moroccan...
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From ALQ: ‘How Moroccans Laugh’
This essay is part of the Summer 2022 JOKE-themed issue of ArabLit Quarterly, guest-edited by Anam Zafar. By Sanaa El Aji Translated by Leonie Rau Translator’s introduction: This essay originally...
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Music & More to Celebrate UK Publication Day of Moroccan Cult Classic
The complete translated short stories of innovative cult-classic Moroccan writer Malika Moustadraf (1969–2006) — published earlier this month in the US — appears today in the UK, from Saqi Books....
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Mohamed Boukhza on Mohamed Choukri: ‘Romantic, Short-tempered,’ and with No...
Prominent Moroccan journalist Mohamed Boukhzar talks about his relationship with the great Moroccan author Mohamed Choukri (1935-2003), author of Streetwise, Jean Genet and Tennessee Williams in...
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180+ Books: A Look at Moroccan Literature Available in English
ArabLit Editor Nadia Ghanem surveys the twentieth- and twenty-first century Moroccan literature available in English: By Nadia Ghanem From the Casablanca International Book Fair. Many readers and...
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15 Moroccan Poets on ‘Big Bridge’
Last night, Big Bridge editor Michael Rothenberg (pictured with co-editor Terri Carrion) sent me a note that said, “this is the beginning of a more complete anthology.” Fifteen Moroccan poets are...
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Laila Lalami on Moroccan Literature and Why She Writes in English
Photos from Casablanca, where Lalami's /Secret Son/ is set. African Writing Online has a strange, funny, and sometimes awkward interview with Moroccan-American author Laila Lalami in its latest issue....
View ArticleTeaching with Arabic Literature in Translation: Once and Future Moroccos
"I must say, I’ve never taught a course on Moroccan literature, until now, because I felt there hasn’t been enough work available. I feel like I’m now ready to start thinking about such a course."
View Article‘Poetic Justice’: A Quarter Century of Collecting Moroccan Poetry
"This is not a book of “high” culture only. It contains the tastes of many aspects of Moroccan society."
View ArticleAhmed Bouanani and Morocco’s Seventh Art
"It was the only book that Ahmed Bouanani wanted to publish, but he died believing that the manuscript had been destroyed when his house burned down."
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5 Must-translates from Literary Agent Yasmina Jraissati
Ahead of the Frankfurt Book Fair, Lebanese literary agent Yasmina Jraissati has five new must-translates to add to her list: Jraissati promises: “A novel by one the most interesting emerging voices in...
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Malika Moustadraf’s ‘Just Different’
This story, by celebrated Moroccan writer Malika Moustadraf (1962–2006), originally ran on The Common and appears here, with permission, for Women in Translation Month. Moustadraf died of kidney...
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Sunday Submissions: 30 Maghrebs, 30 Years in the Future
Ismail Chaib and other “30 Maghreb” organizers are looking for stories on how Maghrebians see their countries in 30 years: The call-for-interest has been posted online, and reads: The Maghreb region in...
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Translator Alex Elinson on Novelist Youssef Fadel’s Shift Away from Colloquial
Translator Alex Elinson — who brought Youssef Fadel’s funny A Beautiful White Cat Walks With Me into bright, playful, enjoyable English — recently gave a talk at CUNY alongside anthropologist Mark...
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Moroccan-Belgian Writer Taha Adnan on Why He Stays Faithful to Arabic
Moroccan poet, short-story writer, and playwright Taha Adnan, in Belgium for more than 20 years, was recently in Kuwait to talk about language, literature, and literary community: By Vittoria Volgare...
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