Arabic Translation Challenge: If You See His Fangs Bared …
إذا رَأيْتَ نُيُوبَ اللّيْثِ بارِزَةً * فَلا تَظُنّنّ أنّ اللّيْثَ يَبْتَسِمُ
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Posts by Marcia Lynx Qualey:
Lock-in Summer of Lit: Hassan Abdel-Mawgoud’s ‘Crocodiles’ Laughter’
He asked her whether she’d seen his crocodile. She exhaled angrily.
Sunday Submissions: Mizna Poetry Coalition Fellowship
Mizna, a “critical platform for contemporary literature, art, film, and cultural programming centering the work of Southwest Asian and North African artists,” is seeking applicants for its poetry coalition fellowship.
‘Palestine Book Awards’ Announces 2020 Shortlist
The winners are set to be announced in November.
‘Fee for a Feline’
“I see people / getting beautiful / day after day / but just not you.
Like a kitten / you only mean anything / when you’re young /you know that’s true.”
Bulaq Episode 50: ‘Tazmamart’
In this episode of Bulaq, the fifty-first, co-hosts Ursula Lindsey and M Lynx Qualey talk about Morocco’s most infamous secret prison.
Friday Finds: Muhammad El-Hajj’s ‘Two O’Clock on a Tuesday Afternoon’
Her mother’s old saying swung in her head like a pendulum: “Life is an unfortunate mess.”
Arabic Literature, Norwegian Readers: Oda Winsnes on Translating Into a Small Language
“There are quite enough experts, prophets, and talking heads analyzing the Middle East, but I think our job as translators is to not get in the way of authors expressing themselves by editing, interpreting, and adapting their work.”
‘Eddo’s Souls’: A Novel of Motherhood and Fragmentation in Sudan and South Sudan
“The novel begins across a rural context, in a small impoverished village full of mystery, rituals, and superstition, and it ends in a jam-packed city with all its complications.”