Asmaa Al Ghul

Cover of Pay No Heed to the Rockets book shows boy playing guitar while sitting on rubble of bombed-out building

Palestinian writers revealed

Selma Dabbagh 8 May 2018

A contemporary portrait of a people who continue to resist both occupation and simple categorization. Read more about Palestinian writers revealed

Mazen Maarouf, the Palestinian-Lebanese writer whose poetry appears in Words Without Borders' Palestine special issue.

New Palestinian literature examines exile, memory and nostalgia

Sarah Irving 4 May 2015

Translation magazine Words Without Borders highlights national experience of dispersion. Read more about New Palestinian literature examines exile, memory and nostalgia

Cover of The Book of Gaza

Doubt and desire abound in "The Book of Gaza"

Selma Dabbagh 11 July 2014

What is the role of beauty in a place of urgency and occupation, asks new collection of short stories. Read more about Doubt and desire abound in "The Book of Gaza"