Mohammad Rabie on Revolution, Translation, and ‘La Bibliothèque Enchantée’
“I wish I could say I had a good relationship with libraries. Unfortunately, there are not a lot of libraries in Cairo, libraries are not something happening in Egypt.”
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Sunday Submissions: Penguin Anthology of ‘Many Muslim Worlds’
They’re looking for unpublished first-person literary non-fiction, between 2500-4000 words, in English. Translations are also welcome.
Cairo International Book Fair at 50: New Life or More of the Same?
Taking up around half of the Hall 4, Saudi wing had something resembling a garden surrounded by neatly decorated booths. Instead of books, their stands were loaded with flowers and promotional flyers of the country’s Neom project.
Friday Finds: ‘Epic of the Commander Dhat al-Himma’
“Sirat al-amira highlights women warriors more than any other Arabic work.”
For Valentine’s Day: 10 Books of Love
Hoda Marmar and M Lynx Qualey choose ten Arabic books to spark love.
New Opportunity from Mophradat: Writing Sabbatical Grants
“As with all our programs, we hope they highlight different ways to think about supporting artists that are not exclusively product-oriented.”
Bulaq 27: Start Here
And there is a lengthy detour into the storycraft of Yusuf Idris.
Language, Teaching, and Translations that ‘Carry That Feeling of Arabic’
“I have written quite a bit…on the changes that Arab women’s writing undergoes in translation, and how the changes I have observed and analyzed reveal a pattern that upholds problematic stereotypes of Arab women.”
Sunday Submissions: ‘Gabo Prize for Literature in Translation & Multilingual Texts’
“The winner receives $200 and will be published alongside two semi-finalists in an upcoming issue of Lunch Ticket.”