Paul Starkey

About The Author

Paul Starkey has translated works by Adania Shibli, Mansoura Ez Eldin, Edwar al-Kharrat, and others. He won the 2015 Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation for his translation of Youssef Rakha's novel The Book of the Sultan's Seal.

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Books by Paul Starkey

The Orchards of Basra

Mansoura Ez-Eldin

By Mansoura Ez-Eldin

Translated by Paul Starkey

A historical novel that shifts between contemporary Cairo and Ancient Iraq.

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Praise for the Women of the Family

A novel

By Mahmoud Shukair

Translated by Paul Starkey

Shortlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction 2016. In the wake of resettlement from the desert to the hills overlooking Jerusalem, aging Bedouin patriarch Mannan wants his son Muhammad al-Asghar (the Youngest) to take on leadership and hold the clan together. But the youngest of eig...

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