Actress and playwright Najla Said — daughter of world-renowned critic and theorist Edward Said — is launching a new memoir. The book, Looking for Palestine, was adapted in part from Said’s one-woman show, “Palestine,” which debuted off-Broadway in the summer of 2010.
Self-publishing is a growing phenomenon, with more authors forgoing traditional publishers and striking out on their own. This has allowed many new authors out into some sort of public print space. Literature-in-translation, which has found it difficult to get the attention of large Anglophone publishers, is also making use of self-publishing options.
The “Translation Games” — which I only just discovered — will have its opening night July 31, featuring live performances, a translation competition, and more.
Although it became “The Corpse Washer” in English translation, Sinan Antoon’s second novel was originally titled وحدها شجرة الرمان, “The Pomegranate Alone.”
The Darf publishing house — named for its association with Dar Fergiani — is re-launching this fall with Ahmed Fagih’s “Maps of the Soul.”
The UAE Board on Books for Young People (UAEBBY) is now open for submissions to the 5th Etisalat Award for Arabic Children’s Literature — the first time there will be an award especially for YA.
It was 2007 when “Poems from Guantanamo: The Detainees Speak” was published.
Along with author Randa Jarrar, I am late to the party in watching Zaat, the Ramadan TV series based on Sonallah Ibrahim’s celebrated novel.
The Black Mountain Institute at the University of Nevada, La Vegas, announced its 2013-14 fellowships at the beginning of this month. Their “City of Asylum” residency was granted to Syrian poet-translator Abed Ismael.
