English classic gets Arabic translation

sharjah — One of English literature’s most poignant writings — The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood — is now available in Arabic.

The award-winning work of dystopian fiction is on the list of 11 new translations, which were released just a couple of days ago by Rewayat — an imprint of the UAEbased publisher, Kalimat Group — at the ongoing Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF 2018).

The book was launched with a unique activation that saw the handmaids parading the halls of the fair in scarlet capes and white stringed bonnets, exactly the way we see them in television series. These characters, roamed the fair’s halls with the newly published novel in their hands — a symbol of empowerment in contrast to the novel’s storyline where the women of Gilead were forbidden to read or write.