Karen McNeil

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Karen McNeil’s literary translations have appeared in Banipal, World Literature Today, and al-Jadid. She was revising editor of the Oxford Arabic Dictionary (2014) and is currently a PhD student in Arabic at Georgetown University.

Two Tunisian Poems
By Abdelfattah Ben Hammouda
Winter 2020
Abdelfattah Ben Hammouda
Photo: Evie Shaffer / Unsplash A Funeral Wash me with warm water and soap made of fresh olive oil anoint me with amber and camphor water with rose geranium and orange blossom water Swaddle me with…
Two Poems
By Lamia Makaddem
May 2018
Lamia Makaddem
photo: Jason Trbovich/flickr Poetry was created to solve family problems Let me just say:this is why poetry was createdto solve family problems when neededand sometimes to wash the dishes and polish…
I Have the Right to Be a Stranger
By Inaya Jaber
March 2018
Inaya Jaber
photo: arcaion/pixabay After work, my friend and I go to the Café de Prague in the heart of the Hamra district. As we sit at a table by the large window, looking out on the lighted street, I think a…