The Lebanese “Bookaholics” reading group, administered by noted bibliophile Hoda Marmar (@Biologistic) has named a “top six” books in Arabic and in English from the 125 titles they’ve discussed over the past six years.
Sprachbund is a “journal of literary translation in e-book form,” which plans to publish new fiction in translation from around the world as well as fresh translations of (mostly) forgotten classics.
The latest issue of Banipal magazine — 62 — focuses on the relationship between literature and Arab cinema.
“I longed to stop, catch my breath, release my burden and stretch my arms, loosen my neck, massage out the aches in my body, push the night shadows aside to inhale the air and listen to the quiet sky.”
Five books to look for in August 2018.
Rabie described Aarhus as “a very quiet place, with nearly no people or cars (compared to Cairo)“.
“No Arabic books made the longlists for the 2018 National Translation Awards (NTA) in Poetry and Prose, organized by the American Literary Translators Association.”
“Al-Tūnisī was the only Arab and Muslim to reside in and write an account of the Sultanate of Darfur.”
“This scholarship is open to Palestinian-American youth and Palestinian youth residing in the US, ages 18-25.”
