Mayada Ibrahim @mayadamayadamay.bsky.social · 14/01/2026/Nūn/ by Najlaa Eltom is forthcoming this fall in my translation Thank you @hararereview.com 🌹 231
Mayada Ibrahim @mayadamayadamay.bsky.social · 01/12/2025wordswithoutborders.orgThe Soldiers Are Far Younger Than the City: Two Poems by Essam Eisa Rajab - Words Without BordersTwo searing poems about the cycle of war and suffering by Sudanese poet and essayist Essam Eisa Rajab. 011
Reposted by Mayada IbrahimAmerican Literary Translators Association @littranslate.bsky.social · 13/11/2025"I try to resist the notion that educating the reader is my responsibility, as it’s harmful to treat readers as passive, disengaged consumers hungry for entertainment dressed up as instruction." Check out this interview with past ALTA Travel Fellow @mayadamayadamay.bsky.social:asymptotejournal.comBaptism by Fire: An Interview with Mayada Ibrahim on Arabophone Africa in Translation - Asymptote BlogI’m interested in Black subjectivity, in works that challenge and problematise the hegemony of Arabic. . . 042
Mayada Ibrahim @mayadamayadamay.bsky.social · 04/08/2025In Sheffield, 27 August 2025 @englishpen.bsky.social www.englishpen.org/posts/events...englishpen.orgAn Evening of Sudanese Literature - News & Events - English PEN 041
Mayada Ibrahim @mayadamayadamay.bsky.social · 10/07/2025arablit.org/the-feminist...arablit.orgThe Feminist ShrineThe Feminist Shrine: A Sanctuary for Love, Gratitude, and Learning To Roya Hassan-Roya with an Alif[1] By HekmaYagoub Translated by Najlaa Eltom In exile, there is no map of mourning, no compass—o… 020
Mayada Ibrahim @mayadamayadamay.bsky.social · 05/06/2025Very little of what I read speaks so directly to what the last few years have felt like. This prose poem we pulled out of the archive does that, and it reminds me of Gary Indiana writing "Every death in my life has been delivered by telephone, no eyes to look into.” Thank you to Judah Rubin!aperfectvacuum.clubNajlaa Eltom — A Perfect VacuumThe Name of the Body 020
Mayada Ibrahim @mayadamayadamay.bsky.social · 02/06/2025Today! Part of Workshops 4 Sudan www.sudansolidarity.com/events/theor...sudansolidarity.comA Theory of Water Book Launch - Sudan Solidarity CollectiveA Theory of Water Book Launch with the author Leanne Betasamosake Simpson and Robyn Maynard as part of the Workshops4Sudan Series. 000
Reposted by Mayada IbrahimCircumference @circumferencemag.bsky.social · 15/05/2025Under the shelter of my heart he is as plain and severe as his task ⊱ From Issue 10, three poems by Najlaa Eltom, translated from Arabic by Mayada Ibrahim (@mayadamayadamay.bsky.social) ⊱ circumferencemag.com/he-is-as-pla...circumferencemag.comhe is as plain and severe as his taskFrom Issue 10, three poems by Najlaa Eltom, translated from Arabic by Mayada Ibrahim 001
Mayada Ibrahim @mayadamayadamay.bsky.social · 06/05/2025New @commonmag.bsky.social issue just dropped. It features: photography and translated prose from Amman, Jordan; short stories from Hawai‘i, Kenya, Baton Rouge, and an Austin boxing gym; an essay on ritual and clothmaking in Cameroon; and more. www.thecommononline.org/issues/issue...thecommononline.orgThe Common Issue 28A portfolio highlighting photography and translated prose from Amman, Jordan; short stories from Hawai‘i, Kenya, Baton Rouge, and an Austin boxing gym; an essay on ritual and clothmaking in Cameroon; ... 174
Mayada Ibrahim @mayadamayadamay.bsky.social · 26/04/2025On 16 May at Molasses Books (NY), I'm co-organising an event with beloved, where I'll be reading with poet-translator Miled Faiza, as well as Laura al-Tibi and Amr Amer, the duo behind "Against the Structural Weight of Catastrophe: A Poetics of Negation" Join us at 8 pm / free 095
Mayada Ibrahim @mayadamayadamay.bsky.social · 17/04/2025Join trace press, and the editors and translators featured in this timely and moving bilingual anthology featuring poems from Palestine, Lebanon, Sudan, Syria, Iraq and Tunisia. They will read from both Arabic and English. Free. Online. www.eventbrite.ca/e/trace-arab...eventbrite.catrace: ARABIC, BETWEEN LOVE AND WAR | Poems, Translations, ConversationsJoin us for vibrant bilingual readings of poems from Palestine, Lebanon, Sudan, Syria, Iraq and Tunisia. 032
Reposted by Mayada IbrahimSalon Salvage @salon-salvage.bsky.social · 07/04/2025Salvage 30: art by Judith Braun, translation of the historical moment @mayadamayadamay.bsky.social, the poetry of family from Maggie Greaves - @matthewklane.bsky.social remembering Pierre Joris & his massive presence locally 042
Reposted by Mayada IbrahimComma Press @commapress.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Huge congrats to Norah Nagi & @mayadamayadamay.bsky.social whose story & translation 'Unicorn 2512' from Egypt + 100 (Ed. @ahmednaji.bsky.social) has been shortlisted for the @bsfa.bsky.social awards for best translated short fiction! 📙Order Egypt + 100 here commapress.co.uk/books/egypt-... 0104
Reposted by Mayada Ibrahimn+1 @nplusonemag.com · 12/03/2025We’re thrilled to announce a new title from n+1 Books: The Last Soviet Artist, a new work of graphic reportage by artist and journalist Victoria Lomasko, translated from the Russian by Bela Shayevich. Out April 22!shop.nplusonemag.comThe Last Soviet Artist, by Victoria Lomasko“Victoria Lomasko’s gritty, street-level view of the great Russian people masterfully intertwines quiet desperation with open defiance.” —Joe Sacco 1142
Mayada Ibrahim @mayadamayadamay.bsky.social · 03/03/2025I'm reading some new translations at Ridgewood this Saturday 030
Mayada Ibrahim @mayadamayadamay.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Yuliana Ortiz Ruano’s debut into English; Andrés Paniagua’s newest; Gazan poetry in Spanish and a collection of texts by Afro-Peruvian composer Victoria Santa Cruz published by Chilean press Otra Sinceridad 010
Reposted by Mayada IbrahimNisrin Elamin @nisrinelamin.bsky.social · 27/02/2025We are happy to launch Workshops4sudan to raise funds for mutual aid groups in Sudan. Our debut series features the writer and abolitionist @williamcson.bsky.social and the organizer, artist and social justice educator @raniawrites.bsky.social. To sign up go to: sudansolidarity.com/workshops4su...sudansolidarity.comWorkshops4Sudan – Sudan Solidarity Collective 1131118
Mayada Ibrahim @mayadamayadamay.bsky.social · 22/02/2025Suggestions for contemporary Arabic texts that mix prose and poetry? 011
Mayada Ibrahim @mayadamayadamay.bsky.social · 07/02/2025Looking for an Urdu>English interpreter in New York for a paid gig with FourOneOne www.fouroneoneprojects.org. Someone familiar with musical/mystical concepts would be a plus! 000
Mayada Ibrahim @mayadamayadamay.bsky.social · 29/01/2025Sad to miss this events.nyu.edu/event/undert...events.nyu.eduUnder the Same Sun: Publishing and Performing Latin American Translations in Nueva YorkThis half-day symposium brings together poets, critics, editors, and translators to explore the recent surge of independent publishers in New York ... 010
Mayada Ibrahim @mayadamayadamay.bsky.social · 17/01/2025“This book has never been more necessary, offering a framework for trans reclamation and negation of the nonprofit industrial complex.” www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/2025/01...asymptotejournal.comRevathi And The Dismantling Of Neoliberal Respectability - Asymptote BlogThis book has never been more necessary, offering a framework for trans reclamation and negation of the nonprofit industrial complex. 020
Mayada Ibrahim @mayadamayadamay.bsky.social · 16/01/2025Stella Gaitano and Najlaa Eltom 🫶🏾 www.guernicamag.com/war-forgets-...guernicamag.comWar Forgets No One!“I had no choice but to become an enemy of war. I fought it through writing—and by writing, I seek to survive.” 010
Mayada Ibrahim @mayadamayadamay.bsky.social · 16/01/2025Very excited to be publishing Yñiga by Glenn Diaz in 2026! 041
Reposted by Mayada IbrahimNisrin Elamin @nisrinelamin.bsky.social · 16/01/2025The Alliance of Gezira and Managil Farmers has launched a We Must Plant Campaign in central Sudan to purchase seeds and inputs for 1500 families to plant inside their home compounds. You can support them here: sudansolidarity.comsudansolidarity.com 22726
Mayada Ibrahim @mayadamayadamay.bsky.social · 14/12/2024podcasts.apple.comEpisode 7: Odetta Takes This HammerPodcast Episode · The Female Bob Dylan · 12/13/2024 · 1h 1m 000
Mayada Ibrahim @mayadamayadamay.bsky.social · 14/12/2024Samahani is The Continent’s #1 book of 2024 🥹 173
Mayada Ibrahim @mayadamayadamay.bsky.social · 13/12/2024First and last day of the semester at Hunter 🫶🏾 010
Reposted by Mayada IbrahimAnton Hur @antonhur.com · 13/12/2024UNTITLED PARK SEOLYEON PROJECT by Park Seolyeon (Tilted Axis Press) The story of a Korean labor union activist during the Japanese occupation who fought in the resistance and then for labor rights. Based on the life of Kang Juryong. 2737
Mayada Ibrahim @mayadamayadamay.bsky.social · 10/12/2024Samahani in the Irish Times' round-up 🥲 www.irishtimes.com/culture/book... 020
Mayada Ibrahim @mayadamayadamay.bsky.social · 10/12/2024Samahani makes the list! ❤️🔥 www.worldliteraturetoday.org/blog/lit-lis...worldliteraturetoday.orgWorld Literature Today’s 75 Notable Translations of 2024, by Michelle JohnsonIt’s time to celebrate another year of translations, and there’s plenty to celebrate. 030
Mayada Ibrahim @mayadamayadamay.bsky.social · 09/12/2024Come share your questions and grievances about publisher contracts in an open and supportive environment! “Each one teach one” is how we all become better informed and able to advocate for fair pay <3 023
Mayada Ibrahim @mayadamayadamay.bsky.social · 27/11/2024Thank you friends for coming out to celebrate Samahani <3 030
Mayada Ibrahim @mayadamayadamay.bsky.social · 27/11/2024Join us to listen to poems from Palestine, Sudan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, and Tunisia, and to consider the work of translation, publishing, and community at this time of profound global grief and steadfast solidarity. Register here: tracepress.org/en-us/produc... 055
Mayada Ibrahim @mayadamayadamay.bsky.social · 23/11/2024Najlaa Eltom, Hatim al-Kinani, Mohammed Zenia, Hikma Yagoub, Mamoun Eltlib and I will be reading the work of Sudanese poets still in Sudan, unable or unwilling to leave for various reasons. Join us <3 040
Reposted by Mayada IbrahimWords Without Borders & WWB Campus @wwborders.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Today, WWB launches a new collection of indigenous Amazigh writing in North Africa and beyond, beginning with an introduction by Brahim El Guabli. Click to read El Guabli’s rigorous examination of the history—and the possible future—for Amazigh lit. buff.ly/4fy1s7h 0179
Mayada Ibrahim @mayadamayadamay.bsky.social · 18/11/2024See you this Saturday 8pm at Molasses Books! 011
