From Abdullah al-Sakhi’s ‘Pathways of Loss’
“That day, Ali Salman went to watch the first public execution in al-Thawra City.”
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Abdullah al-Sakhi on Writing His Multigenerational Iraqi Trilogy
“In this first week, we focus on work by novelist Abdullah al-Sakhi, who was born in 1951, left Iraq in 1979, and published his first novel looking at Iraq’s internal migrants, Behind the Dam, in 2008.”
Banipal to Launch Arabic Edition in March 2021
“With works translated into Arabic from many other languages as well as those written in Arabic it will be an exciting international literary adventure that will complement the original Banipal Magazine of Arab Literature in English translation, and its sister publication, Banipal revista de literatura árabe moderna, in Spanish translation.”
Kay Heikkinen Wins 2020 Banipal Prize for Translation of Huzama Habayeb’s ‘Velvet’
Organizers announced today that 2020 Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation will go to Kay Heikkinen, for her translation of Huzama Habayeb’s Velvet.
‘All Our Translations Are Prose Poems’: A Talk with Huda Fakhreddine
“I think poetry transcends time. A genuinely poetic approach to the study of poetry is one that breaks itself from historicism.”
Salah Jahin’s ‘Cigarette Ash’
“And here I am, aimlessly wandering the streets / As the night weighs long and dark upon the land and I.”
Sunday Submissions: Hazine Seeking ‘Art in the Digital Sphere’
“Hazine is seeking 3-4 pieces on the digital world and art from the Mashriq, the Maghreb, Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Turkey, or Iran.”
Barjeel Prize-winning Poems Now on ‘Rusted Radishes’
“The winners and runners-up of the inaugural Barjeel Poetry Prize — twelve in all — appeared this week on the Beirut-based magazine Rusted Radishes.”
Friday Finds: Wajdi al-Ahdal’s ‘Saghira’s Laws’
“The president, who had submitted his resignation, had gone off to the Canary Islands to spend his retirement there, wishing the Yemeni people all the best of luck.”