Sunday Submissions: Arabic Lit-related ACLA Seminars
Abstracts must be received by Thursday, September 20, 2018 at 9 a.m. EST.
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Posts by Marcia Lynx Qualey:
Breaking with a Tradition of Tragedy: Ahmed Gasmia and Positive Endings
“Gasmia’s fiction is not only humourous, his stories are positive and end well. Among this sea of darkness, finding a good ending is so exciting I have to say this again: Algerian stories can and do end well.”
Ahmed al-Mahdi: On Writing Young-adult Literature in Egypt
“Teens in Egypt do not have many choices; most publishers tend to focus more on children’s books or adult books, and some of them don’t even acknowledge the category of Young Adults; that’s why it’s hard to publish novels in this category in Egypt.”
Friday Finds: ‘The Unnamable Remains’ by Jewish Poet Qasmuna Bint Ismail
For Women in Translation Month (#WiTMonth), a discovery: Yasmine Seale translates the great 12th-century Arabic-language Jewish poet of Andalusia, Qasmuna bint Ismail.
Translate This! Sawsan Jamil Hassan’s ‘Nabbashun’
“It is not only the world of the marginalized people living in the dark background of the city, but is intertwined with the lives of their animals.”
David Larsen’s Translation of ‘Names of the Lion’ Wins Harold Morton Landon Award
On his website, Larsen describes the book as “A thesaurus. A word list. A bestiary with only one beast.”
Samah Selim Wins $12.5K NEA Grant to Translate ‘Sultana’
“‘Sultana’ is Ghalib Halasa’s last and most autobiographical novel.”
Meet: Arab Women Writers at 2018 Iowa International Writing Program
This year, because it’s Women in Translation Month (#WiTMonth), we highlight the Arab women coming to IWP from Jordan, the UAE, and Germany, as well as an Israeli woman writer of Moroccan heritage.
Sania Saleh: The Condemned Lakes
Swaying between a hostile wind
And a friendly one