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Posts by Marcia Lynx Qualey:
16 Books from 6 Countries Make Etisalat Award for Arabic Children’s Literature Shortlists
It was a particular triumph for the Egyptian publishing house Alia Publishing and Distribution, which had a total of four books on the shortlists.
New Poetry in Translation: ‘The Light Isn’t Surrounded by Guards’
‘Rays of light aren’t surrounded by guards.’
Ahlam Mosteghanemi: A Writer’s Journey of Love for and Devotion to Arabic Literature
“Arabic was my father’s choice, not mine; he wanted me to avenge him, as he was deprived of learning it by the French colonizer, who declared war on the Arabic language as a way of stripping Algerians of their identity.”
New Short Fiction: Salwa Al Neimi’s ‘Angels’
“Perhaps what attracts you in the beginning is what repels you at the end.”
Novelist Laila Al-Atrash Dies at 73
Acclaimed Palestinian-Jordanian author Laila al-Atrash, also a TV presenter and reading advocate, died on Sunday, October 17 at 73, according to multiple media reports.
Read Mustafa Taj Aldeen Almosa’s ArabLit Story Prize-winning ‘How Kind They Are,’ Tr. Maisaa Tanjour & Alice Holttum
“They arrested me yesterday evening. The patrol head greeted me in his own way, and I was very surprised: instead of shaking my hand, he warmly shook my face with his fist, causing one of my teeth to fly from my mouth and land on the street.”
Winner of 2021 ArabLit Story Prize Goes to ‘Fresh, Disquieting Translation’ of ‘Compelling and Haunting Tale’
Judge Leri Price said: “Absurd, grotesque, and unsettling, [this story] stays with you, ready at any moment to make solid ground feel that little more unstable beneath your feet.”
2021 ArabLit Story Prize: Shortlisted Translator Dima El-Mouallem on Authors and Their Ghosts
I find myself asking, “Would you have liked this translation? Would you have done it differently?” I hope the ghosts of my authors approve.