Translation

​Elisabeth Jaquette has contributed translations to The New York Times, The Washington Post, the Guardian, ​​Amnesty International, Index on Censorship, PEN World Voices Festival, Institute for Palestine Studies, Arab Reform Initiative, Palestine Festival of Literature, VICE News, and Industry Arabic, among other organizations. 

​Her work has been shortlisted for the TA First Translation Prize, longlisted for the Best Translated Book Award, and supported by PEN/Heim and several English PEN Translates Awards.

Books:

• Forthcoming: The Frightened Ones by Dima Wannous (Harvill Secker/Knopf, 2020) Winner of an English PEN Award
• Forthcoming: Thirteen Months of Sunrise by Rania Mamoun (Comma Press, 2019) Winner of a PEN/Heim and English PEN Award 
• The Apartment in Bab el-Louk by Donia Maher, illustrated by Ganzeer and Ahmed Nady (Darf Publishers, 2018)
• Suslov's Daughter by Habib Abdulrab Sarori (Darf Publishers, 2017)
• The Queue by Basma Abdel Aziz (Melville House, 2016) Winner of an English PEN Award, shortlisted for the TA First Translation Prize, longlisted for the Best Translated Book Award

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Book sections:

• Forthcoming: short story by Ahmed Naji in The Book of Cairo (Comma Press, 2019) Winner of an English PEN Award
• 'Scenes from the Life of an Autocrat' by Basma Abdel Aziz in The Apex Book of World Sci-Fi Vol.5 (Apex, 2018)
• 'The Nudism of Sheikh Fouad Hobeiche' by Hala Bizri in Art, Awakening, and Modernity in the Middle East (Routledge, 2017)
• 'Trump and Gaddafi' by Hazem Saghieh in Don't Panic I'm Islamic (Saqi, 2017)
• Calligraphies of Love by Hassan Massoudy, with Sophie Lewis (Saqi, 2017)
• 'The Corporal' by Ali Bader in Iraq + 100 (Comma Press, 2016) Winner of an English PEN Award
• 'Passing' by Rania Mamoun in The Book of Khartoum (Comma Press, 2016) Winner of an English PEN Award
• 'When Ideas Fall in Line' by Asmaa Al Ghul in Life from Elsewhere (Pushkin Press, 2015)
• Interviews in Sidewalk Salon Cairo by Manar Moursi & David Puig (2015)
• Introduction by Atef Abu Saif in The Book of Gaza (Comma Press, 2014) Winner of an English PEN Award

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Other published translations:​​​​
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Short Fiction​

• The Bus by Mahmoud al-Rimawi, The Common (April 2018)
• Propositions by Haifa' Abul-Nadi, The Common (April 2018)
• The Most Dangerous Dream of All by Basma Abdel Aziz, Words Without Borders (April 2018)
• Exquisite Corpse by Basma Abdel Aziz, Slice Magazine (Issue #22: Borders, Spring/Summer 2018)
• Steps Astray (excerpt) by Rania Mamoun, PEN America blog (September 2017)
• The Sword and Sheath by Rasha Abbas, Shubbak blog (August 2017)
• King of Cups by Rasha Abbas, Shubbak blog (July 2017)
• Scenes from the Life of an Autocrat by Basma Abdel Aziz, World Literature Today (March 2017)
• She, You, and I by Elham Mansour, Words Without Borders (June 2016)
• The Hush Void by Muhammad Khudayyir, The Common (April 2016)
• The Queue (excerpt) by Basma Abdel Aziz, Words Without Borders (January 2016)
• No Knives in the Kitchens of This City (excerpt) by Khaled Khalifa, And Other Stories Winter 2015 Arabic Reading Group
• Between Enchantment and Delirium by Manal Nahas, Portal 9 (Issue #4: Forest, Autumn 2014)
• Tales from Book of the Palm in Bassoura by Mohammed Khudayyir, Portal 9 (Issue #4: Forest, Autumn 2014)
• Natural Succession in the Aftermath by Joseph Al-Hage, Portal 9 (Issue #4: Forest, Autumn 2014)
• Once upon an Eid under the Pines by Abdel Rahman Ayyas, Portal 9 (Issue #4: Forest, Autumn 2014)
• Editorial by Fadi Tofeili, Portal 9 (Issue #4: Forest, Autumn 2014)
• A Path for the Young by Ibrahim Aslan, Banipal (Issue 49: A Cornucopia of Short Stories, April 2014)
• The Shell (excerpt) by Mustafa Khalifa, Asymptote (January 2014)
• Slice of Family News by Ibrahim Aslan, Jadaliyya (August 2013)
• A Glance by Yusuf Idris, Jadaliyya (July 2013)

Nonfiction

• Enemies of the People by Basma Abdel Aziz, The Author (Summer 2018)
• Reflections on the President's Discourse by Basma Abdel Aziz, Words Without Borders (July 2017)
• Memories of Another Mosul by Mahmoud Saeed, The New York Times (November 2016)
• On Writing The Queue by Basma Abdel Aziz, For Books' Sake (June 2016)
• Ba'ath Party Bones, Jutting Out of My Foot by Rana Zeid, co-translation with Alice Guthrie, Al-Jumhuriya (May 2016)
• January 25th: from a Revolution, to a Conspiracy, to a Forbidden Call by Basma Abdel Aziz, PEN Atlas (January 2016)
• Mazen Darwish is Imprisoned in Syria for Speaking a Language of Freedom by Yara Bader, the Guardian (25 March 2015)
• I Hope Not to See by Rana Mortaja on the Comma Press blog (September 2014)
• Diaries of Oasis Prison (excerpts) by Sonallah Ibrahim, Banipal (Issue 50: Prison Writing, July 2014)

Graphic work

• ​Corporeal by Chakib Daoud, Slice Magazine (Issue #20: Corporeal, Spring/Summer 2017)
• 8 Minutes by Mohamed Salah, The Offing (November 2016)
• Stop Shehata: The Story of An Egyptian Judge by anonymous Egyptian cartoonists, PEN Illustrated (February 2016)
• The Dump by Chakib Daoud, co-translation with Nariman Youssef, Words Without Borders (January 2016)
• The Apartment in Bab el-Louk (excerpt) by Donia Maher and illustrated by Ganzeer, Words Without Borders (International Graphic Novels: Volume VIII, February 2014)

Drama

• Waiting for the Guests by Liwaa Yazji, Index on Censorship Magazine (Winter 2018)

Poetry

• Apple by Omar Hazek, Index on Censorship Magazine (Winter 2015)