Book Events in Amman, Berlin, Cairo, Dubai…
I thought I’d be pushing it a little far to follow with any more letters from the alphabet: (El Mansura, Fallujah, Gaza…umm….)
September 2010
Marilyn Hacker: ‘I might wish, like any citizen to celebrate my country’
Yesterday, Anis Shivani had a long interview in The Huffington Post with poet and translator Marilyn Hacker. For those unfamiliar with Hacker’s work, she has won both the United States’ National Book Award (for her Presentation Piece) and the PEN Award for Poetry in Translation (Marie Etienne’s King of a Hundred Horsemen).
Banned Books Week: Celebrating Arabic Books Banned in…Israel
Americans are perhaps a little too fascinated by banned books—this sometimes leads us to read even the worst sort of junk, as long as it’s been censored somewhere—but it’s also a topic that needs attention.
Excerpt of Sinan Antoon’s New Novel, The Pomegranate Alone, on Jadaliyya
The Pomegranate Alone, released this summer in Arabic, is Sinan Antoon’s second novel. Antoon has also published two collections of poetry (only Baghdad Blues is available in English) and translated Mahmoud Darwish’s In the Presence of Absence, which will be forthcoming from Archipelago next spring.
Friday Links: Naomi Shahib Nye’s Poetic Mentors, Bloggers in Saudi Must Register? More
I have never done a link list, but there’s just too much to write about today. # The U.S. State Department has issued a press release about Naomi Shihab Nye, […]
Can We Revive the Art of Public Storytelling in Damascus, Beyond?
Reading the AFP story “Father and son tell Syrian tales on the brink of extinction” is a bit like following up with Naguib Mahfouz’s Midaq Alley, sixty years later.
Why is Arabic Booker-winning Abdo Khal Boycotting Kuwait Book Fest?
Organizers of the Arabic Booker can put an extra feather in their caps today. Not only has the prize raised the profile of Arabic literature worldwide, but it has also given one writer a renewed feeling of social reponsibility.
New E-Magazine Jadaliyya Features Culture, Politics, and Some ‘Tough Niece’
Jadaliyya—a new e-magazine from the Arab Studies Institute—seems to be slowly emerging. Postings began in July, twitterings and Facebookings the following month, and now the magazine seems to be softly launching.
Sci Fi Magazine /Apex/ to Dedicate November Issue to Arab, Muslim Writers
Apex itself mentions nothing about this on its submissions page, but editor Catherynne Valente has tweeted that the November issue of the popular sci fi magazine will be “an entirely Arab/Muslim issue.”