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New in Translation: A Story from ‘Bed for the King’s Daughter’

New in Translation: A Story from ‘Bed for the King’s Daughter’

Monday Poetry: Ghareeb Iskander’s ‘Great Perplexity’

Monday Poetry: Ghareeb Iskander’s ‘Great Perplexity’

Abdullah al-Sakhi on Writing His Multigenerational Iraqi Trilogy

Abdullah al-Sakhi on Writing His Multigenerational Iraqi Trilogy

January 20, 2021 mlynxqualey literary prizes, translation

Katharine Halls Wins PEN/Heim to Translate Haytham El-Wardany’s ‘Things That Can’t Be Fixed’

Eleven projects from 10 languages have won 2021 PEN/Heim translation grants.

January 20, 2021January 19, 2021 mlynxqualey Egypt, poetry

Upcoming Poetry Translation Centre Workshop, Focus: Mostafa Ibrahim

Places are limited, so organizers ask that those who book arrange to attend both sessions: Tuesday March 16 and Tuesday 23, from 18:30-20:00 GMT.

January 17, 2021January 16, 2021 mlynxqualey submissions

Sunday Submissions: Words Without Borders Communications Internship

The internship, which offers a stipend of $200 per week, requires a commitment of sixteen hours a week over the course of three months.

January 16, 2021January 15, 2021 mlynxqualey events, Iraq, poetry, Uncategorized

Saturday Events: Emily Drumsta on ‘Revolt Against the Sun’

The Brown University event is set for 12 - 1 p.m. EST on February 3, 2021. You can register to attend the webinar or follow on YouTube.

January 15, 2021January 14, 2021 mlynxqualey Palestine

Friday Finds: Excerpt from Rula Jurdi’s ‘Camera Obscura’

Near the end of the excerpt, as Nour falls asleep, she thinks about how her own father "in a matter of days, transformed into an entirely different person."

January 14, 2021January 13, 2021 mlynxqualey Iraq

From Abdullah al-Sakhi’s ‘Pathways of Loss’

"That day, Ali Salman went to watch the first public execution in al-Thawra City."

January 13, 2021January 12, 2021 mlynxqualey Banipal

Banipal to Launch Arabic Edition in March 2021

"With works translated into Arabic from many other languages as well as those written in Arabic it will be an exciting international literary adventure that will complement the original Banipal Magazine of Arab Literature in English translation, and its sister publication, Banipal revista de literatura árabe moderna, in Spanish translation."

January 12, 2021 mlynxqualey Banipal

Kay Heikkinen Wins 2020 Banipal Prize for Translation of Huzama Habayeb’s ‘Velvet’

Organizers announced today that 2020 Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation will go to Kay Heikkinen, for her translation of Huzama Habayeb's Velvet.

January 12, 2021January 10, 2021 mlynxqualey poetry

‘All Our Translations Are Prose Poems’: A Talk with Huda Fakhreddine

"I think poetry transcends time. A genuinely poetic approach to the study of poetry is one that breaks itself from historicism."

January 11, 2021January 16, 2021 mlynxqualey Egypt, poetry

Salah Jahin’s ‘Cigarette Ash’

"And here I am, aimlessly wandering the streets / As the night weighs long and dark upon the land and I."

January 10, 2021January 9, 2021 mlynxqualey submissions

Sunday Submissions: Hazine Seeking ‘Art in the Digital Sphere’

"Hazine is seeking 3-4 pieces on the digital world and art from the Mashriq, the Maghreb, Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Turkey, or Iran."

January 9, 2021January 8, 2021 mlynxqualey poetry

Barjeel Prize-winning Poems Now on ‘Rusted Radishes’

"The winners and runners-up of the inaugural Barjeel Poetry Prize -- twelve in all -- appeared this week on the Beirut-based magazine Rusted Radishes."

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