Lock-in Literature: ‘A Primitive Prayer for Uruk’
“Give her back her earrings, God / Return to her clay oven the fire / And the rain to her farms / And take away death which harvests her children.”
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Tunisian Novelist and Essayist Albert Memmi Dies at 99
“Many will paint Memmi as a Tunisian author to lend credibility to an imagined version of early 20th c. Tunisia: cosmopolitan, multi-confessional. In my opinion this is not only inaccurate, it runs against Memmi’s thought on the nuances of belonging and the workings of colonialism.”
Sunday Submissions: Theatre Translator Mentorship
However, because this year’s mentorship program will be delivered digitally, they are also accepting applications from translators outside London/the UK.
‘Heal Me with Disease’
“I’m wrong? Please. / I’m ill? Heal me with disease.”
Bulaq 49: Locked-in Lit
In our forty-ninth episode of Bulaq, we talk about a few new books — ones that provide a welcome escape, and ones that seem particularly daunting — and about how hard it is to write, read, think and imagine the future right now.
Friday Finds: Excerpt of ‘The Magnificent Conman of Cairo’
His friend just stood there with a mocking smile on his face. When Malim was a stone’s throw away, his friend called out after him: “We’ll see.”
10 Arabic ‘Nostalgia Plays’ Come to Netflix
Netflix is releasing a series of Arabic plays before Eid al-Fitr.
Lebanese Poet and Essayist Salah Stétié, 90
The Lebanese poet, essayist, art critic, and diplomat Salah Stétié died last night in Paris, his family announced.
Syrian Playwright Riad Ismat, 73
Syrian theatre artist Riad Ismat died earlier this month after contracting COVID-19 in Chicago, where he was part of Northwestern’s “Scholars at Risk” program. He was 73.