Words without Borders Wins Whiting Magazine Prize!
Posted on June 27, 2018
We're delighted to announce that Words without Borders has just been awarded the first-ever Whiting Literary Magazine Prize!
In the Magazine: Mortada Gzar's "While He Was Sitting There"
Posted on June 27, 2018
This month's issue of Words Without Borders celebrates Pride month with a selection of Queer literature that, in the words of Editorial Director Susan Harris, "elude[s] facile compartmentalization." One such story is author and animator Mortada Gzar's "While He Was Sitting There," set at a gay bar where a Iraqi student enjoys casual encounters with American soldiers.
Comics and Comix in Egypt: An Interview on Teaching With Arabic Literature
Posted on June 18, 2018
I can trace my interest in graphic literature directly to my experience at the Center for Arabic Study Abroad (CASA) in Cairo. During my 2011-2012 fellowship, I watched as the iconic graffiti in and around Tahrir Square came to life: the Mohammed Mahmoud Wall of Martyrs, the Sheikh Rehan Street optical illusion, the hydra-headed Mubarak-Tantawi-Morsi monster. . . My first and forever impressions of Cairo are in fact tied to the visual poetics that I saw emerging during that turbulent and artistically effervescent time.
In the Magazine: Writing by Instinct
Posted on May 22, 2018
I finally got rid of my cat. I thought this would enable me to start a new life. So begins Can Xue's funny, disturbing story, "The Bane of My Existence,"* published this month in the 15th anniversary issue of Words without Borders. The issue's title, "Great Explorations," comes from an essay of Can Xue's, in which she comments:
WWB Honored for Efforts to Inspire Student Readers
Posted on May 10, 2018
We’re delighted to share the news that WWB Campus has received an honorable mention for the National Book Foundation’s Innovations in Reading Prize, an annual award for projects that create and sustain a lifelong love of reading.