Iraqi Novelist Alaa Mashzoub Assassinated
Mashzoub was 50.
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Posts by Marcia Lynx Qualey:
Sunday Submissions: ‘The Best Asian Short Stories 2019’
Submissions between 3000-5000 words should be e-mailed to TBASSv2019@gmail.com before March 31, 2019.
Inaam Kachachi: ‘What Hurts My People Hurts Me’
“But for me, it’s not necessary to put my hand in the fire to express its pain. What hurts my people hurts me.”
Friday Finds: Review & Excerpt from Hoda Barakat’s ‘The Night Post’
My darling mother,
I write to you from the airport before they can take me, before I go through the security barrier.
Where Do I Start with Arabic Literature?
ArabLit editor M Lynx Qualey gets asked this question a lot.
Wanted: Library Books for Palestine
“I really encourage international writers and others who are interested in editing mentoring young writers in Gaza to contact me for future projects.”
No Endings for Maysloon Hadi’s ‘The Brotherhood of Mohammed’
“Orshina is a tiny unemployed woman in her thirties, who lost her right eye in an explosion and studied psychology. She lives with her mother and is delighted to discover that her favorite writer is going to be her neighbor.”
A Look at 100 Books: Algerian Literature in English Translation
Since 1956, nearly 100 novels, memoirs, and poetry collections written by Algerian writers have appeared in translation. Among these works, a third have appeared since 2010.
Sunday Submissions: ‘Bulbul’ Magazine
The deadline for submissions is May 1, 2019. Questions and submissions can be sent to bulbul@brown.edu.