New History of ‘Theater Beirut’ Says Obstacles to Art are Censorship, Taxes
As long as we at ArabLit are on the topic of censorship today, Lebanon’s Daily Star has a piece about Hanan Hajj Ali’s new book, Theater of Beirut, a history […]
August 2010
In Support of Anis al-Degheidi
UPDATE: Police have arrested the alleged Youm al-Sabea hacker, 24-year-old Tarek Ahmed, according to Al Masry Al Youm. Just to confuse me, he has been charged with, among other things, […]
Leila Aboulela’s ‘Missing Out’ in Granta (and Free Online)
Apparently today is the day of Arabs who write in English. I saw this on Susannah Tarbush’s Twitter account (thanks, Susannah): Egyptian-Sudanese author Leila Aboulela has a story in the […]
Raja Shehadeh’s /A Rift in Time: Travels with my Ottoman Uncle/ Available Now
Raja Shehadeh, a Palestinian lawyer and author who lives in Ramallah (and writes in English) has a new book out this month from Profile Books, titled A Rift in Time. […]
Four Poems by Beirut 39er Ahmad Yamani
Youssef Rakha, over at Arabophile, has posted four poems by Ahmad Yamani—although it’s not clear where they’re from or who did the translating. Nonetheless, read them. I liked the jolt […]
Gamal Mubarak Holds Closed-door Meeting on Culture?
Al Masry Al Youm reports that Mubarak Jr. went behind closed doors with a number of cultural figures—they list as attendees as Biblioteca Alexandrina Director Ismail Serag Eddin; National Center […]
Words Without Borders to Host Literary Blog Series from Palestine, Israel
WWB just announced a new blog series, hosted by MFA Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi and PhD in Comp Lit Chana M., that promises to explore literature and cross-cultural dialogues […]
This Kuwaiti Doctor Will Get You to Read…Sort Of
At first, I was cheered by this Q&A in the Arab Times with Dr Sajed Al-Abdali. Dr. Al-Abdali, a medical doctor, is also a champion of books. He has written […]
Trying to Catch Up with the Emirates Foundation
The National this Sunday chases down Salwa Mikdadi, head of the Emirates’ Foundation’s arts and culture wing. While Mikdadi has a museum background, she heads up a wide array of […]