2020 International Prize for Arabic Fiction Longlist Coming December 17
Next Tuesday, prize organizers are set to announce not only the 16-book longlist, but also the panel of five judges who selected the novels.
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Posts by Marcia Lynx Qualey:
Naguib Mahfouz: New Reads and More for the Author’s 108th
Despite the passing of Naguib Mahfouz in 2006, plenty happened in the ongoing life of his work.
Cover Reveal and 7 Poems: ‘The Olive Trees’ Jazz’
Above our heads a vertical shadow
vibrates
a shadow that flaps above our heads
New Fiction in Translation: The Puny Pigeon Loft Proprietor
“So—he must have witnessed the robbery.”
Sunday Submissions: Arabic-English Translation Workshop, Sharjah
Applications must be received before December 12, 2019; they must “answer the application questions, provide an up-to-date CV and an extract of a recent translation (up to 1000 words).”
Fish, Resistant Bodies, and Sameh Mahran’s ‘The Boatman’
Young Man: The most beautiful thing about fish is that they don’t need to take their clothes off. Young Woman: And they make love just like that, no need or privacy.
Friday Finds: Two by Jan Dost
“I don’t know how many hours I’d spent in solitary confinement. I was alone with four cold silent walls. I couldn’t hear anyone’s voice in that gloomy cell, and I don’t think anyone could hear me.”
Bulaq Episode 40: ‘The Revolution While Dreaming’
The latest episode of Bulaq focused around a collection of interviews with Mahmoud Darwish, titled “Palestine as Metaphor.”
AUC Press Seeking New Director
According to The Bookseller, American University in Cairo Press and Bookstores is looking for a new director.