Friday Finds: Kurdish Literature
“Salim Barakat’s language is intimidatingly dense and complex, flaunting a vast and daunting vocabulary.”
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Amazon’s Kindle Now Supports Arabic
“Finally, my work will reach Arabic readers across the world,” said Ahlam Mosteghanemi.
‘Banthology’: Seven Redefinitions
This collection does not, however, read as an attempt to show that Libyans, Syrians, Iraqis, Iranians, Somalis, Sudanese, and Yemenis eat, breathe, roll their eyes, and write poems just like the rest of us. (By Jim, they do!)
Finalists for 2018 Prix de la Littérature Arabe
Winning authors receive a 10,000 euro prize.
July 7: PalFest in London
“Participants are set to include former Palfestivians Maan Abu Taleb, Diana Buttu, William Dalrymple, Kassem Eid, Omar Robert Hamilton, Rachel Holmes, Hannah Khalil, Kareem Samara, Kamila Shamsie, Ahdaf Soueif and William Sutcliffe. Entry is free.”
Sunday Submissions: ’70 Years, The Palestine Issue’
They note that contributors “do not have to be of Arab descent provided their work is of relevance to the Arab-American community.”
Tunisian World Cup Team: 23 Writers
Again, remember, writers must be living to play, so sadly no Saghir Oulad Ahmed, Mahmoud Messadi, Muhammad Salih al-Jabri, Houcine El Oued, or Aboul-Qacem Echebbi.
Friday Finds: ‘If Gaza Were a Story’
“As I was growing up in the Gaza Strip, I was, like other Palestinians, fed with the narrative claiming that the Palestinian cause is central to the Muslim Ummah (community), that Palestine was in the thoughts and prayers of Muslims around the world.”
Arabic Literature and the Politics of Coffee: 3 Books
“The beverage is described as being the preferred drink of Sufis, implying that it has similar ecstasy-producing effects.”