Teaching 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."
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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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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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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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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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‘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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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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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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‘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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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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