Laura Kasinof

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

[Laura Kasinof @kasinof]

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 ?

https://t.co/SLR5l675eh

#Yemen

[Laura Kasinof @kasinof]

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.

[Radical Books Collective @radicalbooks.bsky.social @WARSCAPES]

🎤 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.”

https://t.co/0ckFXC1WB9

[Laura Kasinof @kasinof]

"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

[ArabLit & ArabLit Quarterly @arablit.bsky.social @arablit]

‘The Book of Sana’a’: A Short-story Collection of Farce, Tricks, Myths, and More (@commapress)

Today on ArabLit, by Fifi Bat-hef

https://t.co/xbfhXG3PBH

[Laura Kasinof @kasinof]

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

https://t.co/ubjv2am5vD

[Asian Review of Books @BookReviewsAsia]

Today in the ARB: Rosie Milnes reviews “The Book of Sana’a: A City in Short Fiction” edited by Laura Kasinof @commapress https://t.co/7A72YjaKJG

[Laura Kasinof @kasinof]

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.

[Laura Kasinof @kasinof]

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: https://t.co/SLR5l675eh

[هايل علي المذابي Hayel A. Almathabi @hayel_almathabi]

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

[Abdoo Taj @Abdoo_taj]

My story is one of ten translated stories in this book, I'm happy about that. Thanks to @kasinof and @commapress

[Laura Kasinof @kasinof]

It's happening.

https://t.co/Mo9eSZ0Ykj

[Laura Kasinof @kasinof]

in other news, I've discovered that homegrown shishito peppers when freshly picked smell just like qat and I will die on that hill

[Laura Kasinof @kasinof]

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.

https://t.co/JUpzKG4Eck

[Laura Kasinof @kasinof]

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

https://t.co/Hvq4exI8ta

[Laura Kasinof @kasinof]

@Romano_v_ @VQR @Internazionale @IWMF Thank you!

[Laura Kasinof @kasinof]

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

https://t.co/Hvq4exI8ta

[Laura Kasinof @kasinof]

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 @kasinof]

And now online too! https://t.co/JUpzKG4Eck

[Laura Kasinof @kasinof]

And now online too! https://t.co/JUpzKG4Eck

[Laura Kasinof @kasinof]

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 @kasinof]

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.