Sunday Submissions: Deadline Extended for 2019 ArabLit Story Prize
The deadline to submit to the 2019 ArabLit Story Prize has been extended to June 15, 2019, in the interest of making the prize more accessible to those on an academic-year schedule.
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Posts by Marcia Lynx Qualey:
Review: ‘Leaks, Hacks, and Scandals: Arab Culture in the Digital Age’
Tarek El-Ariss’s latest book, “Leaks, Hacks, and Scandals,” recently appeared on one of Jadaliyya’s “Essential Readings” lists, curated by Hatim El-Hibri, Rayya El Zein, and Marwan Kraidy. What is it, essentially, about?
Friday Finds: Two 1975 Stories by Muhammad Mustajab
“Reading the telegram’s summons, it never occurred to me that I would find him murdered. That I would find my father, murdered.”
12 Must-read Memoirs in Arabic
A list of 12 must-read memoirs written in Arabic, half of which have been translated into English.
‘A Dictionary of the Revolution’ Wins 2 E-Lit Prizes
Last week at a conference at Dokk1 library in Aarhus, organizers announced that Amira Hanafi’s “A Dictionary of the Revolution” had won the inaugural Public Library Prize for Electronic Literature.
UN Book Club Promotes Arabic Titles for Kids
The list itself has interesting titles that could lend themselves to wider discussions, but it’s unclear how this list — apparently without accompanying teaching resources — might make it into any book group or classroom.
Sunday Submissions: 2019 Graywolf Press Africa Prize
“Submissions must be full-length, previously unpublished novel manuscripts, either originally written in English or a complete English translation.”
2019 Golden Comar to Tarek Chibani’s ‘Lady Essayida’
The main Arabic prize went to Tarek Chibani for his novel للا السيدة (Lady Essayida).
Translator Issa J. Boullata, 90
Palestinian literary scholar, author, educator, and translator Dr. Issa J Boullata died peacefully on May 1, 2019 at the age of 90.