"Like I say, it’s fleeting, but I could write a whole memoir, I think, just about getting that sentence translated."
Fundraising Campaign: The Edward Said Libraries in Gaza
The new fundraising campaign, which seeks to raise $20,000 US, is not only to fund and support the library's existing projects, but also to start new ones.
Three Poems by Sargon Boulus Award-Winning Emad Abu Saleh
"They were not sieving, / But dancing to the rhythm."
Sunday Submissions: ‘ICM Global South Translation Fellowships’
"Cornell University’s Institute for Comparative Modernities welcomes applications from translators for a grant of up to $5000 to complete translations of works from the Global South (Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, etc) into English."
Pre-launch Giveaway: Sonia Nimr’s ‘Wondrous Journeys in Strange Lands’
Apologies, these will be mailed out from Interlink and can go to USA addresses only. However, it need not be your address; feel free to enter and gift the book to someone in the US.
Friday Finds: ‘A Rot of Evidence’
"I thought these are crazy days. I have been in prison for a long time, and I have no idea what’s going on. Maybe they’re fabricating a case against Nagib Mahfouz or his ghost."
Enass Khansa and Bilal Orfali on Editing a Series of Classical Arabic Texts for Young Readers
"Something that I was aware of growing up in Syria, but more now that I’m in Lebanon, is that classical Arabic literature is associated with many things, but it’s not associated with being a space for creative and experimental thinking. So I think the main idea for both of us with this is experimental."
‘Thirteen Months of Sunrise’ Shortlisted for 2020 Women in Translation Prize
Organizers said, in a prepared statement, that the seven-book shortlist "reflects the diversity of the record number of entries submitted to the prize in 2020."
Adil Babikir on ‘Mansi’: A Rare Book, and a Joy to Translate
"Mansi came out in weekly instalments, starting in 1988, before being collected together and published in 2004. It is a unique type of writing, a combination of biography, autobiography, political analysis, philosophical insight – with a great sense of humor and satire. Translating this work was a joyful experience."
Abdelaziz Baraka Sakin’s ‘Les Jango’ Wins Le Prix de la Littérature Arabe 2020
"Organizers announced yesterday that Abdelaziz Baraka Sakin and Xavier Luffin had won the 2020 Prix de la Littérature Arabe for Luffin's translation of الجنقو (Les Jango)."
New Short Fiction: Prize-winning ‘Broca’s Area’
"In front of me, I set a ream of white paper, a copper inkwell, and a feather I had snatched from my neighbor’s duck."
Sunday Submissions: LAAF 2021 Call for Proposals
The Liverpool Arab Arts Festival (LAAF) is currently inviting proposals for our 2021 festival, set to be held Friday July 16 – Sunday July 15, 2021.
