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Saudi Arabia

A file picture shows Saudi visitors to a book fair in Riyadh. (REUTERS)

‘Tarjim’, a Saudi initiative to bring Arabic texts to the world

Algeria

Algerian author Abdelouahab Aissaoui. (Algerian Channel 3)

Algerian author wins top Arab fiction prize for ‘Spartan Court’

Syria

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

Poetry

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

culture

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

culture

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

translation

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

culture

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

MENA

Iraqi schoolgirls attend an English class at a school in western Mosul. (AFP)

Lost in translation

Oussama Romdhani