‘Translation in Practice’: A Review
Literary translator Maia Tabet writes of discovering a small, free inspiration for translators. By Maia Tabet I have just discovered and finished reading a wonderful little volume entitled Translation in […]
March 2012
How Passionate News Conferences Are Translated into Boredom
Journalist Maurice Chammah reflects on Egyptian novelist Bahaa Taher’s reflection on the performance and politics of simultaneous translation. By Maurice Chammah Press conferences are a constant feature of politics and […]
Alone Together: The Global Story Behind a Bilingual Book of Poems
Poet and author Mishka Mojabber Mourani shares the linguistic journey that brought her to her most recent collection, Alone Together (2012), with Aida Yacoub Haddad. By Mishka Mojabber Mourani She was a […]
New Publishing Venture Looks to Bring Arabic Short Stories into English
Hala Salah Eldin Hussein has an affinity for under-loved literature. She has, for thirty-three issues now, translated contemporary English-language stories into Arabic for the Albawtaka Review. She talked with ArabLit about that […]
SCMLA Panel on Arabic Literature *Really* Wants Your Abstracts
I say this because I’ve gotten three solicitations with three different deadlines: The deadline has now been pushed to March 30. By this I assume that they’re still fishing around […]
25+ Arab Authors Who Tweet
There are some wonderful, amazing writers who have twitter accounts (Libyan-American poet and translator Khaled Mattawa, Egyptian children’s book author Walid Taher, award-winning novelist Miral al-Tahawy), but don’t use them. I don’t […]
Where are the Children’s Books of the ‘Arab Spring’?
From the Egypt Independent: At this year’s Cairo International Book Fair, the most sought-after books were those about Arab revolutions. Titles about revolution, in Arabic and in English, have also dominated prime bookstore […]
If You’re in Cairo: The Blog as (Cross-cultural) Literary Salon
While, yes, I will talk about this blog — and specifically about what I’ve learned about the readers and “business” of Arabic literary translation — I also have been talking to […]
PalFest 2012 to Be First in Gaza
The 2012 Palestine Festival of Literature (PalFest) is scheduled for May 5-8. For the first time, the festival’s set to take place in Gaza. A “closing event” will also be […]