A Few Literary References To Go with TV’s ‘Baghdad Central’
Poetry was another thing Colla said he thought a lot about while he was writing Baghdad Central.
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Adolescence, Food, and Illustrating Family History: A Talk About ‘Teta and Babcia’
“Say what you will, Egyptian culture has historically been a welcoming and permeable one, with a magical capacity to expand to make people feel at home. In a time where ugly polarizing discourse is on the rise, voices that highlight the diversity of Egyptians are important.”
Sunday Submissions: Become a BCLT Translator-in-Residence
Successful applicants also must have right-to-work in the UK.
Playwright Lenin El-Ramly, 1945-2020
According to Ahram Online, El-Ramly’s wife — the writer Fatma El Maadoul — stated that he’d died after spending nearly a week in intensive care.
Sawad Hussain on Her Path to Translation and ‘Mama Hissa’s Mice’
Translator Sawad Hussain recently appeared on the Intralingo booktube channel to talk about her path to translation, Saud Alsanoussi, book-banning in Kuwait, and translating “Mama Hissa’s Mice.”
Friday Finds: Zakariya Tamer’s ‘The Policeman and the Horse’
“The horse was angry for no reason.”
Azher Jirjees: Writing an Iraqi Postman in Norway
“There was also a problem about the terrorist operations and bombings that took place in Baghdad. I know a lot about all this, but I had to watch a lot of videos on the internet, which caused me great sorrow and depression.”
ALTA Awards Arabic ‘Emerging Translator Mentorship’ to Madeline Edwards
The Arabic-mentorship winner is freelancer Madeline Edwards, who will be mentored by acclaimed translator Kareem James Abu-Zeid.
A New Graphic-novel Adaptation of Mohamed Choukri’s ‘For Bread Alone’
A graphic-novel adaptation of Mohamed Choukri’s iconic For Bread Alone — by Moroccan comics artist Abdelaziz Mouride (1949-2013) is finally coming to print.