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Posts by Marcia Lynx Qualey:
‘KAPOW’: A Discussion of Comics and Identity at Emirates LitFest
” I turned to our male-dominated history where the role of women has been very important, yet we don’t hear about it.”
YA Novelist Sonia Nimr on Discovering and Reinventing the Treasure of Palestinian Folktales
“Life is bleak in Palestine under occupation. It’s not a happy life. So children’s writers try to make their stories not only vibrant, but also colorful, magical. To let the children know there are other worlds.”
Palestinian Children’s Literature in 6 New Books
“But these developments in Palestinian literature for young people weren’t something that happened all of a sudden.”
For International Women’s Day: 5 Poets You Should Know in English Translation
“Poetry always springs from the darkest areas in our subconscious, which lives on the anticipation of loss. Loss is what makes up the chemistry of poetry.”
Announcing the Debut of ‘Warwick Prize for Women in Translation’
“If translated literature as a whole is underrepresented on the British book market, then women’s voices in translation are even more peripheral. The Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, for example, was awarded 21 times, but was won by a woman only twice.”
An Excerpt from Badriah al-Bishr’s ‘Love Stories on al-Asha Street’
“For a long time, we treated the phone like a strange guest.”
Removing the Frame: Discussing Saud al-Sanousi’s ‘The Bamboo Stalk’
“Wright pointed out that the Arabic original was framed as a translation itself, supposedly from a notebook written in Tagalog.”
Emirati Author Eman Al Yousuf on Writing While Female
Again, a lot of male writers have written about women or have written from female points of view in their books, and they do so really well. But I think a woman can do it better.