award-winning journalist 📖 Don't Be Afraid of the Bullets: An Accidental War Correspondent in Yemen Formerly in Cairo, Sanaa, Berlin & Tbilisi. Now back in US
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So excited to tell you all about The Book of Sana'a, an anthology of translated short fiction from Yemeni writers and out now from @commapress
What better time to read Yemeni writers and literature that highlights beautiful, glorious #sanaa ?
commapress.co.uk/books/the-b…
#Yemen
It was a pleasure to join @bhakti_shringa and @rim_mugahed to discuss #Yemen, literature and The Book of Sana'a (@commapress)
I was such a fan of @WARSCAPES and now equally following the work of their new venture with the Radical Books Collective. Do check it out.
🎤 new Radical Futures podcast featuring Laura Kasinof & Rim Mugahed talking about "The Book of Sana’a" published by @commapress It brings together 10 translated stories from Yemeni writers.
"It is only through fiction that the world can stop misunderstanding Yemen." Contributor Rim Mugahed says to some degree, Yemenis have simply been forgotten. “Even now, they are talking about Yemenis as numbers or as an issue or a crisis.” And that it is her responsibility as a writer “to humanize this narrative and to share people's stories.”
radicalbookscollective.com/p…
"The latest offering journeys to one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world—Sana’a—providing English speaking readers rare access to intimate Yemeni perspectives. The Book...showcases Sana’a’s joys, struggles, and contradictions."
Thanks @arablit for the review
‘The Book of Sana’a’: A Short-story Collection of Farce, Tricks, Myths, and More (@commapress)
Today on ArabLit, by Fifi Bat-hef
arablit.org/2025/06/11/the-b…
It was a great to speak with fellow former Sanaa expat @zahra_sethna at @collapse_life about #Yemen, the Book of Sana'a (@commapress), journalism and more
youtube.com/watch?v=-zpM64aR…
Laura Kasinof retweeted
Today in the ARB: Rosie Milnes reviews “The Book of Sana’a: A City in Short Fiction” edited by Laura Kasinof @commapress asianreviewofbooks.com/the-b…
The consistent flow of emails over the past week from all my favorite small literary presses and arts orgs about their loss of NEA funding has been truly depressing. @DeepVellum @Mizna_ArabArt and @CATranslation to name a few.
Look what just came in the mail @commapress 🤩
A big thank you to all the writers and translators who made The Book of Sana'a a reality. What a time to be celebrating fiction coming out of #Yemen
Order your copy: commapress.co.uk/books/the-b…
Laura Kasinof retweeted
هنا لندن
كتابنا "كتاب صنعاء" صار في متناول اليد بعد خروجه من المطبعة في لندن ....
متوفر على أمازون ومنصة دار كوما بريس اللندنية وجميع منصات البيع العالمية
شكرا كوما بريس
@commapress
#The_Book_Of_Sanaa
Laura Kasinof retweeted
My story is one of ten translated stories in this book, I'm happy about that. Thanks to @kasinof and @commapress
The Book of Sana'a
Ed. Laura @kasinof
🗓️Pub. Apr 3
Each character in this anthology learns to navigate through trauma, finding redemption in their own ingenuity as well as in a deep-rooted appreciation for what remains a beautiful, inspiring city.
📙commapress.co.uk/books/the-b…
in other news, I've discovered that homegrown shishito peppers when freshly picked smell just like qat and I will die on that hill
My article for @readlux on Bushra al-Maqtari's brutal and deeply important book, What Have You Left Behind?, an oral history of the war in #Yemen (tr. @sawadhussain), is now un-paywalled and available for all to read online.
lux-magazine.com/article/fra…
Laura Kasinof retweeted
My Socotra feature for @VQR is now out in Italian too! See it in this month's @Internazionale
Continual thanks to @IWMF and the Howard Buffett Fund for Women Journalists for allowing this story to happen
#iwmffellows
#socotra
#yemen
internazionale.it/magazine/l…
My Socotra feature for @VQR is now out in Italian too! See it in this month's @Internazionale
Continual thanks to @IWMF and the Howard Buffett Fund for Women Journalists for allowing this story to happen
#iwmffellows
#socotra
#yemen
internazionale.it/magazine/l…
Please forgive me for this completely apolitical post, but today I learned a new Arabic word رفرفة and this onomatopoeia is bringing joy to my heart.
Laura Kasinof retweeted
And now online too! lux-magazine.com/article/fra…
Fresh from the printer and in my mailbox, the summer issue of @readlux along with my article on Bushra al-Maqtari's oral history of the war in #Yemen. Bushra's book, What Have You Left Behind? (tr. @sawadhussain) is brutal and heartbreaking, yet so important. I hope you read it.
Laura Kasinof retweeted
Fresh from the printer and in my mailbox, the summer issue of @readlux along with my article on Bushra al-Maqtari's oral history of the war in #Yemen. Bushra's book, What Have You Left Behind? (tr. @sawadhussain) is brutal and heartbreaking, yet so important. I hope you read it.
Give the news from Sanaa it's probably a good time to revisit this article:
The Yemeni Employees the U.S. Left Behind - The U.S. Embassy in Sanaa relocated to Saudi Arabia after the Houthi takeover. Local workers who remained felt abandoned. foreignpolicy.com/2023/02/06…
#Houthis
