In this introduction to our collection of Jordanian writing, guest editor Addie Leak details the country's diverse culture ...

Jordanian poet Zuhair Abu Shayeb questions the limitations of history, water, and the past in this fervent poem.

“The novel, delivered to us in Mayada Ibrahim and Adil Babikir’s elegant English translation, stands as a gripping testament to the dream of liberation and love in the era of slavery’s dusk,” writes ...

Words Without Borders is the premier destination for a global literary conversation. Founded in 2003, WWB seeks to expand cultural understanding by giving readers unparalleled access to contemporary ...

Words Without Borders is the premier destination for a global literary conversation. Founded in 2003, WWB seeks to expand cultural understanding by giving readers unparalleled access to contemporary ...

In this introduction to our collection of Jordanian writing, guest editor Addie Leak details the country’s diverse culture and vital literature. Words Without Borders is the premier destination for a ...

In this excerpt from 2024 Nobel Laureate in Literature Han Kang's Booker Prize-winning novel, a man reels as his wife suddenly decides to give up meat. Words Without Borders is the premier destination ...

Image: Do Ho Suh, “Fallen Star,” 2012 © Do Ho Suh. Stuart Collection, University of California, San Diego. Photo: Philipp Scholz Rittermann This month we’re ...

In this collection, originally featured in the December 2012 issue of Words Without Borders, writer Kim Young-ha selects and introduces two dazzling works from South Korea. Sim Sangdae observes fatal ...

Image: Eva Navarro, Mother and Son, 2014, acrylic on board, 40 X 40cm. This month we’re turning to our archives for international stories of parents and children. Tales of widowed fathers, ambivalent ...