We’re excited to share one of our latest publications of Brazilian lit: “Just a Game” by José J. Veiga (tr. Thomas Mira y Lopez). The short story considers what happens when political and military authority runs rampant in a small town. Read it here: wordswithoutborders.org/read/article... ‎

"I realized I was living in a kind of waystation where the word 'temporary' was permanent" Haifa Abualnadi's "Sidewalks of an Anxious City," translated by Addie Leak (@addieleak.bsky.social), portrays a personal struggle of adapting to life in Amman. Check it out below!

"All our lives combined wouldn’t give us the time we’d need to make my city as green as it once was" Haifa Abualnadi traces the changes and tensions of life in Amman in "Sidewalks of an Anxious City," translated by Addie Leak (@addieleak.bsky.social). Check it out below!

"We stop in everywhere, then head home after we lose our cravings but before we lose our minds." Read Issue 29's "Sufi Trance," a tender fiction piece by Maryam Dajani and translated by Addie Leak (@addieleak.bsky.social), below. And do check out the rest of our Amman portfolio!

"She’d drawn a girl on the beach, writing on the sand with a crooked branch. Beneath her, she wrote in English: Find me." Ala Janbek strolls Amman's anatomy in his Issue 29 essay "Wandering," translated by @addieleak.bsky.social‬. Read this and the complete Amman portfolio below! buff.ly/Tu8vRsp

"I whirl around with Amman, weary, in a Sufi trance that has never given me the grace to achieve oneness." Maryam Dajani's "Sufi Trance" circles and spirals into Amman's soundscapes, deftly translated by Addie Leak (@addieleak.bsky.social). Read this jewel of Issue 29's Amman portfolio here!

Last call to attend our livestreamed Ottaway Award ceremony on 6/3! Join us as we celebrate Christopher Merrill with a laudation from Alane Salierno Mason, along with remarks from Merrill himself. RSVP here: wordswithoutborders.org/events/2025-...

Ever notice how we don’t have a bestselling or award-winning book written by ChatGPT? Believe me, if one existed, OpenAI would shout it from the rooftops. But the only thing they can generate is trash.

Paywall means I can't actually access the info, but I am tentatively overjoyed? YAY positive blurb in a series of heartrending news cycles...

"Fifteen years ago, Arabic literature in translation was mostly published with an anthropological lens by university presses. The influx of new translators has shifted the landscape." WWB Executive Director @lissiejaquette.bsky.social in Publisher's Weekly: www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Yeeees, check it out! And the hard copy magazine is stunning!

Also in essays, an excerpt from Iman Mersal’s MOTHERHOOD AND ITS GHOSTS, translated from the Arabic by Robin Moger. www.nplusonemag.com/issue-50/ess...

This is so exciting! More of this in the US, please!

"The story of Amman is therefore an old one: Revitalized by immigrants after a period of dormancy, the city then developed a centripetal force that drew migrants from many and various surrounding areas." Hisham Bustani writes about Amman in his essay in Issue 29. buff.ly/KTjVUI4

🌱 FRIDAY May 16- 8 pm Molasses Books (brooklyn) Please join @mayadamayadamay.bsky.social & Miled Faiza reading poems / translations from #ArabicBetweenLoveAndWar with Laura al-Tibi & Amr Amer

Today on ArabLit: a new "Between Two Arabic Translators." Special shout-outs to @tracepress.bsky.social, Seagull Books, Ammiel Alcalay. arablit.org/2025/05/14/o...

Very much looking forward to this webinar--always so much more to learn!

All true democracies place a high value on freedom of expression in the arts and humanities, as have all U.S. presidential administrations. Until now. The quality of a democracy can be judged by the quality of its arts. Stay tuned for updates on our legal actions. authorsguild.org/news/trumps-...

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"Amman is not incidental. The sayl, the stream that patiently carved a path between seven hills for thousands of years, drew [...] the din of life." Hisham Bustani writes a wonderful essay, "Amman: The Heaviness and Lightness of Place," describing the history and the landscape of Amman.

Psyched to be a part of this--can't wait to read the full issue.

Today on ArabLit: arablit.org/2025/01/27/o...

Read his "Bird with a Broken Wing," his second-ever published story. ❤️ arablit.org/2024/12/20/6...

This is me! Read my intro and the rest of the amazing feature on Words Without Borders.

Going into 2025 still bad at the internet but glad not to be on X. Also reading a 1938 memoir called A Woman in the Polar Night that makes me want to move to a hut on Svalbard, make my peace with darkness, and have an arctic fox for a pet--at least before climate change does away with us all...

Syrian flash fiction finalist Emad Saad talks about his journey to writing, which only began in the last few years. (Tr. Elena Pare.) "This is me, an aspiring writer at 60." arablit.org/2025/01/22/r...

Don’t miss this hallucinogenic short story about Islamophobic violence in India translated by @withvai.bsky.social !

Almultaqa Prize for the Arabic Short Story Announces 2025 Longlist arablit.org/2024/12/16/a...

A list chock-full of Words Without Borders contributors and wonderful works in translation! Congratulations to every person on the @societyofauthors.bsky.social Translation Prizes shortlist. societyofauthors.org/2024/12/02/a...

Jordan Trail mornings, section-hiking #WadiRum. I seem to have come back with bronchitis, but these moments made it worth it 😅😷 #hike #Jordan

Was just telling someone I need a photography course because my DREAM is to be able to capture images like this.

Alf mabrook to Omar and Barbara--I can't wait to read!

Looks like I forgot to post my mixed metaphors for translation over here. An oversight! www.theparisreview.org/blog/2024/07...

We are working on a "holiday giving" listicle that includes this + obviously all the great efforts of @workshops4gaza.bsky.social (for instance, buy gift books here: www.workshops4gaza.com/bookstore). Please let us know what else we should include.

Hiii Bluesky! I sucked at Twitter/X, might not be stellar at this, either, but convince me to love it! Excited to build community on a less-toxic app.