He must hunt her down. Kill her. Destroy her . . . In her very first case, criminal psychologist Lena…
The Prehistory of the Turkic-Speaking Peoples
Slavic and Turkish languages have been studied separately for many years. This book offers scientific and theoretical hypotheses on the…
Bottled up by Basma Abdel Aziz
‘I could wander aimlessly from one colleague’s office to another, stopping here and there for a chat, maybe a cup…
Code Name: Butterfly
I was lucky enough to be the copy editor of this short YA novel by Palestinian author Ahlam Bsharat, beautifully…
Tajdeed: Contemporary Arabic Stories in Translation
Long awaited, the Arabic short story special of The Common journal is now out! ‘The issue was co-edited by Jennifer…
Shortlisted for an Arts Foundation fellowship 2016
My head is still reeling after attending one of the most exciting arts events I’ve ever been invited to. There…
The Crossing: My Journey to the Shattered Heart of Syria
By: Samar Yazbek Translated by: Nashwa Gowanlock and Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp Published: Rider Books (Penguin Random House) 2015 Reviews ‘The…
Q&A with Translator Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp
… where I waffle on about how to become a freelance translator, which is harder – Russian or Arabic –…
The Bride of Amman by Fadi Zaghmout
The Bride of Amman, a controversial bestseller when first published in Arabic, takes a sharp-eyed look at the intersecting lives…
Arabic: more accessible than you think (British Council blog)
“It is the rather stiff-sounding fus-ha, aka Modern Standard Arabic (MSA), that is the starting point for most students of…
