Kareem James Abu-Zeid on Translating Imru al-Qays
“Rather than trying to mirror all the specific musical qualities of the Arabic, I’ve sought to capture the poetic feel of the Arabic through a modern musicality[.]”
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Art Installation at Kuwait Book Fair Protesting Censorship Removed
According to AFP, Saad al-Anzi, who heads the fair, said the information ministry had banned 948 books from among those screened for the fair.
‘After Coffee’: A Dialogue Between Author, Translator, and Editor
“I was immediately absorbed by the description of the Egyptian village, which I knew I would never experience so intimately as a visitor. The opening scene with its image of the novel’s 5-year old protagonist Medhat, racing across the canal that divides his village from the village of the Upper Egyptians had me hooked.”
In Memoriam: Ahmed Khalid Tawfik, the Man and the Mission
“When Rifaat Ismail died in the novellas, it caused a sensation on the internet. Fans on social media websites made a de facto protest march online, complaining that the man still had plenty of life in him and that the author should have kept him going for at least another 10 years.”
Bulaq 23: ‘Poems That Cross Language and Time’
“We focused our talk on her “duets,” recent works that move between Arabic and English.”
On Banipal’s ‘100 Best Arabic Novels’
“Usefully, the Banipal list is not just a list, but also includes brief introductions to both the works and their authors, as well as some contextualization.”
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A Final Interview with Ismail Fahd Ismail: ‘Nostalgia Breeds Transparency’
“My novels are the result of the investigation, and I did not write the novel until I started listening to the people’s opinions.”
Friday Finds: Talks with Ahmed Saadawi, Elias Khoury, & Youssef Rakha
“What I mean by this is only in English could I fully inhabit and write from the perspective of a woman. I have no idea why, but I’m sure it’s nothing to do with the nature of English itself as a language.”