Syrian Novelist Haitham Hussein on Writing Kurdish Stories into Arabic Literature
“I don’t find that history is a science of the past. To me, it is the science of the future.”
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When Arabophones Weren’t Arabs: Ibn Qutaybah and Identity Formation During the Early Period of Islam
“The book should also be interesting to people who study medieval history of the rest of the world, because this was a time, in the post-Roman world, in which the identities of the modern European nations — the Franks, the Anglo Saxons, and even German identities — were being constructed in Europe. It’s really at the same time that Arabness was being constructed in the Middle East, so from a comparative perspective of the birth of modern nations, this book would be very helpful to people who know a lot about how Anglo Saxon identity was constructed, for instance.”
Sunday Submissions: Emerging Translator Mentorships
The application deadline is soon: July 28, 2017.
Saturday Summer Re-run: Ten Rules for Translating from Humphrey Davies and Jonathan Wright
“You can’t fight City Hall, even if everyone around you in your formative years always said ‘smelt’ rather than ‘smelled’.”
Friday Finds: Audio from Shubbak Literature Festival 2017
Miss the literary events at Shubbak? Can’t wait until July 2019? Listen to the recordings.
The Complete List: Entries for the 2017 Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation
“This year for the first time, we will be announcing a short list in December, following the judges’ meeting in late November.”
Charif Majdalani’s ‘L’empereur à Pied’ Longlisted for FNAC Prize
“The winner will be announced on the eve of the FNAC Books Forum, which will take place from September 15 to 17.”
Eternal Nightmares of the Hounded Mind: On ‘Post-Revolutionary Egyptian Dystopias’
“Is this authority really that clever and strong, or is it the people’s imagination that makes it terrifying?”
Arabic-to-Spanish Translators: Poetry-translation Contest Open Through July 31
“The idea is to celebrate literary dialogues, translation, poetry, poetry translation and linguistic diversity.”