Marcia Lynx Qualey, author, translator, and editor of ArabLit, moderated a conversation on the art and challenge of carrying literature from the edge of the Arab world across linguistic and geographical boundaries.
Participants:
Marilyn Booth, translator of Honey Hunger, winner of the 2025 Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation
Zia Ahmed, translator of The Raven of Ruwi and Other Stories from Oman
Bushra Khalfan, author of Dilshad, shortlisted for the 2022 International Prize for Arabic Fiction