‘Place a Hope Beyond a Hope’: Devotional Literature as Literature
“Devotional literature never gets viewed as literature because people assume it’s for devotional purposes.”
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Posts by Marcia Lynx Qualey:
‘Inventing a Night Language’: On Translating the 1001
“I wanted to see if I could create a night-language, or find some form to reflect the fact that this is a night work…and the fact that these stories take place where dreams should be.”
Mohammed Dib: Celebrating 100 Years
The great Algerian author Mohammed Dib was born 100 years ago today.
Lock-in Lit Series: ‘The Big Battle of Mohandiseen’
“But after Ramadan, everything is permissible!”
Sunday Submissions: Travel Grant for North African Artists & Writers
Although international travel seems like a large question mark at the moment, artists and cultural operators living and working in North Africa countries can apply for the “Artistic and Cultural Mobility Grant” from Fanak Fund.
Bulaq 53: ‘Murder, They Wrote’
Our guest this week was once told there were no Algerian crime novels. She begs to differ.
Excerpts from Ryad Girod’s Acclaimed ‘Mansour’s Eyes’ in French, English
This week, Transit Books brought out a translation of Ryad Girod’s Les yeux de Mansour (Mansour’s Eyes), Englished by Chris Clarke.
6 by Elias Farkouh (1948-2020)
Farkouh — winner of a wide range of literary awards — wrote and published over the course of five decades. A few of his works have appeared in English translation, most recently in the magazine The Common.
Jordanian Novelist Elias Farkouh Dies at 72
Jordanian author Elias Farkouh died today — Wednesday, July 15 — after an acute heart attack. He was 72.