Essam M. Al-Jassim
Essam M. Al-Jassim is a Saudi translator. He taught English for many years at Royal Commission schools in Jubail, Saudi Arabia. He received his bachelor’s degree in foreign languages and education from King Faisal University, Hofuf. His translations appear in a variety of online and print Arabic and English literary journals.
Translations
An Old Diary of a Soldier at the War Front
Flash fiction from the Wounded Soul of Iraq. Translated from the Arabic by Essam M. Al-Jassim. It was a seemingly interminable, bitterly cold and starless night. The incessant bellow of heavy artillery and mortar barrages around the trench drowned out the usual sounds of the night. Alone in my damned pit, and wrapped […]