A Review of Adonis: Selected Poems
It was 1988 when Adonis’s name was first connected with the Nobel Prize for Literature.
April 2011
Arabic Poetry Friday: Tamim Barghouti’s Latest, Submission Suggestions, Second Graders Read Adonis
Zeinobia has posted a new poem by Palestinian-Egyptian poet Tamim Barghouti, son of Egyptian novelist Radwa Ashour and Palestinian poet Mourid Barghouti. The poem is “يا شعب مصر.” Tamim Barghouti […]
‘A Hundred Steps from the Revolution’ and the State of Arabic Nonfiction
Non-fiction is also something writers of [Arabic] fiction and poetry seem to think they can do with their eyes shut.
Selling Najem Wali’s ‘A Place Called Kumait’ to U.S. Publishers
Words Without Borders puts out a quarterly “WWB Recommends” tip sheet, suggesting a roster of 3-4 books that publishers might like to bring out in English.
‘Go and Look Properly’ for the Best of Arabic Fiction
Hanan al-Shaykh: I feel like saying to publishers, ‘Go and look properly for someone to advise you, and be serious about it – rather than being sloppy about it because it‘s foreign.’
Happy Shem en-Neseem from Out al-Kouloub’s ‘Three Tales of Love and Death’
Today is, of course, Shem en-Nesseem, of “Smell the Breeze” day, a celebration of Egyptian spring. Out el Kouloub’s 1940 book, Three Tales of Love and Death, published in English […]
Remembering the Poet of Egypt’s (Previous) Revolution
Today in Al Masry Al Youm, Heba Afify has an essay about colloquial poet Salah Jaheen (accompanied by a terrible photo of the rotund revolutionary).
Can Books Serve as Cultural Ambassadors?
That’s what Publishing Perspectives asked yesterday: Can books change the reputation of a nation? Can their “soft power” shift international perceptions of a nation?
Friday Links: Why Translations Suffer, PalFest Closes to Blast of Tear Gas, The Marginalization of Libyan Fiction, More
Tim Parks on the Paradoxes of ‘International Literature’ Apparently, Arabic novels are not the only ones that suffer from translators’ poor pay, rushed jobs, and editors looking to fill a […]