A few upcoming online events.
Friday Finds: Abdelfattah Kilito’s ‘Why Read the Classics?’
"Isn’t our notion of the classic influenced by the other? Doesn’t the standing of Arabic literature rely upon foreign literature?"
Remembering Ghassan Kanafani: To Read, Watch, Listen
"Celebrated novelist and short-story writer Ghassan Kanafani was born on this day in 1936. Almost fifty years have passed since his assassination at the age of just 36."
A Revolution against Realism: A Talk with Yasmine Ramadan
" As I argue throughout the book, the formulation of the sixties generation is not neutral but rather is a strategy that helps writers gain access to positions of power and prominence in the field of cultural production."
Qisaty: Helping Children With Special Needs Discover Their Talents for Storytelling
The Qisaty project helps children with special needs discover their talents for storytelling and drawing.
‘Tapes 3 & 4’: An Excerpt from Haji Jaber’s ‘The Spindle Game’
"What made the Archive Department’s documents history, given that her documents were closer to real life? In the end, wasn’t history life in the past?"
Sunday Submissions: ‘The Markaz Review: WALLS’
The Markaz Review is calling for submissions for their May issue on the theme of WALLS.
Upcoming Events: Layla AlAmmar, Ahmad Almallah, Jokha Alharthi & More
A few upcoming online events.
Friday Finds: Amazigh Literature in Translation
The MULOSIGE project (Multilingual Locals & Significant Geographies) has put together a collection of resources on Amazigh literature in translation.
Ahmed Taibaoui Wins 2021 Naguib Mahfouz Medal
On Wednesday evening, Shereen Abouelnaga, judging chair for the 2021 Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature, announced the winner of this year's prize. It was Ahmed Taibaoui, for his novel "The Disappearance of Mr. Nobody."
‘A Bed for the King’s Daughter’: Finding a Home for Arabic Short Stories in Translation
In January 2021, University of Texas Press published Shahla Ujayli’s A Bed for the King's Daughter, which won in 2017 the AlMultaqa Prize, given annually for short-story collections: By Tugrul Mende Even though the collection was acclaimed in Arabic, Sawad Hussain had a hard time finding a publisher for her translation. In this interview, Sawad Hussain … Continue reading ‘A Bed for the King’s Daughter’: Finding a Home for Arabic Short Stories in Translation
Adania Shibli’s ‘Minor Detail’, Translated by Elisabeth Jaquette, Makes Booker Longlist
"ooker International organizers announced 2021's longlist Tuesday morning. Unsurprisingly, Adania Shibli's Minor Detail, translated from the Arabic by Lissie Jaquette, was on the 13-book list."
