Category: Reading

  • Women in Translation Month TBR

    Women in Translation Month TBR

    August is Women in Translation Month! For a list of books translated from Arabic into English, check my post here. On this post, I’ll be sharing my personal TBR for this month’s challenge. I’ve tried to keep it to a manageable four as I won’t be reading Women in Translation books exclusively. Quick links Translations…

  • Women in Translation Month Arabic Recommendations

    Women in Translation Month Arabic Recommendations

    August in Women in Translation Month in the bookish world. Started in 2014 by Meytal Radzinski, the month is an opportunity to encourage readers around the world to read and celebrate women writers in translation. Of course, we should all be trying to read more women and more translations throughout the year. I’ve collected here…

  • الكل يقول أحبك

    Back in February after the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) announced its 2023 longlist, I had a grand plan of reading a chapter from every title available in the abjjad app. I read a first chapter from بيتنا الكبير by ربيعة ريحان, which I truly enjoyed. I then set to read a chapter from…