A photo of Leri Price (L) by Steve Rawlins, next to a photo of Khaled Khalifa by Yamam al-Shaar. (Photos and illustrations courtesy of Banipal)
Translating a Syrian tale of a decomposing corpse
Gareth Smyth
Tunisian poet Fatma Krouma (L) and British poet-translator Victoria Adukwei Bulley recite poetry at Waterstones bookshop, London, September 30. (Mamoon Alabbasi)
From Tunisia with tenderness: Arabic love poetry finds its echo in London
Mamoon Alabbasi
A customer browses books at a bookshop in the Moroccan capital Rabat on August 9, 2018. (AFP)
Neglecting translation stunts Arab intercultural outreach
Hassan Ouazzani
Lebanese-French writer and academician Amin Maalouf speaks during a ceremony at the French Institute in Paris. (Reuters)
Arab writers’ use of foreign languages opens new horizons
Hassan Ouazza-92929
Big ambitions. Founder and CEO of Tarjama Nour Al Hassan. (Courtesy of Nour Al Hassan)
Region’s largest translation company aims to build more ‘female economy’
Khadija Hamouchi
Syrian-born poet, philosopher and critic Adonis during the third Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize Lecture, on November 9. (Susannah Tarbush)
The merits and challenges of translation according to Adonis
Susannah Tarbush
Iraqi schoolgirls attend an English class at a school in western Mosul. (AFP)
Lost in translation
Oussama Romdhani
Changing perceptions. German translator Sandra Hetzel. (Al Arab)
German translator trying to change Western perception of Arabic literature
Khulud al-Fallah
Hussein Mahmoud Hamouda, professor of Italian literature and language at the College of Arts of Helwan University. (Al Arab)
Egyptian linguist Hussein Mahmoud: ‘Translation is the best medium for dialogue between civilisations’
Khaled Bayoumi