Today is publication day for the first-ever ArabLit Quarterly:

You can get a PDF, ePub, or old-fashioned print version. The first two are available through Gumroad and the last at Blurb. Patreon supporters should have already received their promo code to download for free.

The table of contents:

The Illusion of Beginning While the World Goes on Spinning

An introduction, MLQ

‘It’s Getting Very Hot’

Stella Gaitano, translated by Anthony Calderbank

‘Dragonflies’ in Three Languages

Asmaa Azaizeh in English, French, and Dutch

Drawing the Bilingual Piano

Olivia Snaije talks to graphic novelist Zeina Abirached

‘The Flower’

Zakaria Tamer, translated by Marilyn Hacker

Dear Tayeb Salih

Sofia Samatar

Mood Music for the Apocalypse

David Kanbergs on ‘Otared’

Find the playlist at soundcloud.com/david-kanbergs

Lamia Ziadé’s Ode to a Bygone World

By Olivia Snaije

Untitled Poem

Wadie Saadeh, translated by Suneela Mubayi

‘The Boa’

Raja Alem translated by Rana Ghuloom

‘A Story of a City’

Layla Azmi Goushey on Abdul Rahman Munif

A Homeland in Language

Hanan Natour talks to Munsif al-Wahaybi

Two Poems

Munsif al-Wahaybi, translated by Hanan Natour

‘How to Swim the Backstroke with a Shilka Missile’

Rasha Abbas, translated by Fatima El-Kalay

‘Autumn of Freedom’

Sania Saleh, translated by Marilyn Hacker

‘Our Story’

Muhammad Abdelnabi, translated by Robin Moger

Contributors