The archive opens soon
I am working on the first episode now. When it lands you will find it here, in full on the page — no signup, no paywall.
Mohammed Abdelgawad
محمد عبد الجواد
Literary translator and writer. I translate fiction between Arabic and English, and write stories and screenplays.
Hikayat — a series of stories I publish here, one episode at a time, and read aloud in my own voice on YouTube. The first episode is coming soon.
The series is written in Arabic. Subscribe on the Arabic site
5 years in translation · Hundreds of projects · 10M+ words · Arabic – English
Hikayat
A story series, one episode at a time
Each episode is a complete story, read on the page and then heard in my own voice on YouTube. The archive is open, and it starts at episode one. The series is published in Arabic.
A new episode every two weeks
If you read Arabic and want to know when an episode lands, the mailing list lives on the Arabic side of the site.
Let’s work together
Four services
Novel translation and editing
Arabic – English, with a glossary and a style guide built for each book, and review across more than one pass.
Core serviceRequest a quoteFiction and screenwriting
Short and long-form fiction, screenplays, and developing an idea into a structure that can actually be produced.
Request a quoteCreative translation for screen
Translating and adapting the text that carries film, documentary and narrative work.
Request a quoteNarrative video editing
Short pieces built on a story, cut to a rhythm that serves the text instead of crowding it.
Request a quoteAbout Mohammed Abdelgawad
Who I am
I have worked in literary translation and narrative writing between Arabic and English for five years. My work on a text begins with an analytical read, then a glossary and a style guide, then review in stages — so that voice, tone and rhythm arrive intact.