Three Translations of Asmaa Azaizeh’s ‘Dragonflies’
2022-08-16
These three translations of Asmaa Azaizeh’s “Dragonflies” appeared in the first issue of ArabLit Quarterly, which came out in the fall of 2018.Continue Reading
Lit & Found: Asmaa Azaizeh’s ‘Reflection’
2021-09-17
“Yesterday, I handed all my poems to my publisher. / I feel like I handed him my head / and the words I speak from now on
/ will come out of his mouth. / What a disaster!”
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Asmaa Azaizeh’s ‘Dragonflies’ in Three Languages
2020-08-06
“Every time we stopped in the shade of a tree, / one of us would shout: ‘Here we are!’ / A fantasy mightier than mountains.”Continue Reading
Sunday Submissions: Wales PEN Cymru Translation Challenge
2021-05-02
Wales PEN Cymru is accepting submissions for their Translation Challenge until May 31.Continue Reading
The Almond Blossom Knows Its Life Is Short: Poetry of Palestinian Women in Translation
2021-10-14
Join this class with Lena Khalaf Tuffaha to explore a selection of translated poetry by Palestinian women.Continue Reading
On Why Women’s Poetry in Arabic is Where It’s At
2021-08-02
“For me, actually, I think we are impacted by male writers who are writing now, and they are writing about broken masculinity, which I don’t like either. So maybe women are free of this, relatively. Maybe they are marginalized, so they have more opportunity to think, to write.”Continue Reading
Christmas-day Gift: 8 Poets Translated by Yasmine Seale, Online
2020-12-25
It is the ArabLit tradition to share a curated list of poems on Christmas Day.Continue Reading
Friday Finds: Must-watch Special Episode of ‘Maqsouda’ on Palestinian Poetry
2021-06-11
“Poets Zeina Hashem Beck and Farah Chamma, co-hosts of the podcast Maqsouda, share a one-time video special filmed by Hind Shoufani.”Continue Reading
New Bilingual ‘Barjeel Poetry Prize’ Launches Today
2020-08-15
The Barjeel Art Foundation today launches the Barjeel Poetry Prize, an international two-language ekphrastic poetry competition that invites writers to respond to twenty works of Arab art from the 20th century.Continue Reading
