Best 100 Arabic Books (According to the Arab Writers Union): 41-50
This is where you’ll find 1-10 (and an explanation of this project), and here’s 11-20, 21-30, and 31-40. Please do help me out with errors and omissions. 41 The Heron, […]
April 2010
Are ‘Academic’ Translators Superior to ‘Commercial’ Ones?
Such are the two designations mentioned by Philip Kennedy, director of NYU Abu Dhabi’s Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies department, as reported yesterday in The National. Kennedy is currently leading […]
What Will Spur Reading in the Arab World?
A recent post from 7iber.com (ink.com) rattled off a few of the recent literary initiatives in the Arabic-writing and -reading world: Beirut39, the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (Arabic Booker), […]
Best 100 Arabic Books (According to the Arab Writers Union): 31-40
This is where you’ll find 1-10 (and an explanation of this project), and here’s 11-20 and 21-30. Please do help me out with errors and omissions. 31 Najran Under Zero, […]
First Creative-Writing Craft Book in Arabic
For those who sneer at the creative-writing “industry,” I’m sure this warrants an extra-sneery sneer. But, for myself—someone who teaches a creative-writing workshop in Egypt, and who loves the literature […]
Best 100 Arabic Books (According to the Arab Writers Union): 21-30
This is where you’ll find 1-10 (and an explanation of this project), and here’s 11-20. Please continue to help me out with errors and omissions. 21 The Epidemic, by Syrian […]
Literary Translators: Rah or Bah?
M. A. Orthofer responds today, in The Literary Saloon, to Tim Parks’ Observer paean to translators. Parks: You’ll never know exactly what a translator has done. He reads with maniacal […]
Best 100 Arabic Books (According to the Arab Writers Union): 11-20
You can find 1-10 here. 11. The Animists, by Libyan author Ibrahim al-Koni, translated by Elliot Colla. Available June 2012. I had thought The Animists was supposed to be out […]
P.S.: Is Colloquial Arabic Destroying the (Literary) World? Or Is It the Internet?
This week, Qantara explores the sometimes-literary Arabic bloggers’ magazine, Wasla. The magazine culls from blogs around the Arab world and publishes them in a free print magazine; it’s being billed […]