ENGLISH — ARABIC

Nada Hodali is a Palestinian literary translator moving between Arabic and English; working to widen the audience for Arabic literature and highlight it through the art of translation.

Nada Hodali at university
Current location
Ramallah, PS
Focus
Contemporary Arabic Prose, Poetry & Comics
Training
Bachelors at Birzeit University · Masters at Durham University
Selected—
—Translations 2023—
—2026
  1. No. 01 A Novel for My Story Sahar Khalifeh Excerpt TBA21, Silver Press, and the87Press
  2. No. 02 The Shadow of Hermaphroditus Badriyah Al-Badri Excerpt ANMLY
  3. No. 03 My Romantic Aunt Najem Wali Excerpt ArabLit Quarterly
  4. No. 04 A Novel for My Story Sahar Khalifeh Excerpt Mousse Magazine
  5. No. 05 30 Seconds from Gaza Mohammad Sabaaneh Full project Interlink Publishing
  6. No. 06 The Journey of Abbas Hilmi Pasha II to the Hijaz Muhammad Labib al-Batanuni Excerpt Barker Research Library

Latest / Book Review — Sep 2026

Bench of the Reserves — Ansam Abu Sitta

In ArabLit

On Ansam Abu Sitta’s ‘Bench of the Reserves.’ Hodali’s translation work has appeared in ArabLit Quarterly, FIKRA Magazine, ANMLY, Interlink Publishing, TBA21, and Mousse Magazine.

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