Dar Arab also tweeted: "For this project / dream, the books were chosen as carefully as the translators ... the road is long but we are natural-born runners."
3 Poems from Sillerman-shortlisted El Habib Louai
They got nothing except / Seven sheepskins on hard floors / The Sultan’s black and white photograph on blank walls / A guerba of goat skin full of well water / Broken jugs, hay-stuffed rucksack pillows & clay plates
Sonallah Ibrahim’s ‘Ice,’ tr. Margaret Litvin, Makes EBRD Longlist
The €20,000 prize is for both author and translator. Two runners-up and their translators will also receive a prize of €1,000 each.
‘Woman at Point Zero’ Opera Nominated for Fedora Prize
The €150,000 prize, awarded in June, goes toward the commission and production of the winning opera.
Free Translation Masterclass with ‘The Marilyn Booth’
"A broader issue within this is Arabic’s ‘place’ not only within a linguistic-literary globalized marketplace, but also within (mis)understandings and antagonisms generated by international politics and a long history of imperial relations, and the resulting sensitivity of translating or not translating certain terms."
Sunday Submissions: The Gabo Prize for Literature in Translation & Multilingual Texts
Gabo Prize winners receive $200 and publication in the next issue of Lunch Ticket.
Works by Mansoura Ez Eldin, Mamdouh Azzam, Moncef Ouhaïbi Make SZBA Literature Shortlist
According to organizers, a total of 1900 entries were subbed this year; 438 for the literature category, 498 for the young-author category, and 205 in children's literature.
Friday Finds: New Stories in Translation by Mazen Maarouf and Najwa Binshatwan
Herodotus had been around since 400 BC. During the Benghazi bombings, he made a run for it.
On Translation, Collaboration, and ‘Exploring the Impossible Between Us’
"Someone can read Darwish with no knowledge of classical Arabic poetry, and of the preceding early Arab modernists, but it isn’t the same reading."
Remembering Muhammad Wardi: Censored, Banned, and Beloved
For that reason, Wardi’s words have been at the forefront of the current Sudanese revolution. He’s recalled as a strong example of a great artist who proved strong and steadfast in opinions, words, and actions. His revolutionary-themed pieces, which document crucial chapters of Sudanese history, have been used as rallies’ chants and played on the sit-in site loudspeakers.
New Fiction in Translation: An Excerpt from IPAF-listed ‘Sleeping in the Cherry Field’
"The winters are long and dark in this country, with snow blowing in great generous gusts, while summer is shorter than a sip of tea at the side of the road."
Sunday Submissions: Mophradat Writing Sabbatical Grants
"The grant ranges from US$600 to US$1,300 per month determined by Mophradat based on the local living costs of the country of residency of the applicant, and covers from one and up to three months period depending on the writers’ need."
