Coming Soon to a Theatre Near You? Film Adaptation of Ibrahim Essa’s ‘The Televangelist’
According to Variety, the film — which opened in Egypt yesterday — is “certain to be one of the most discussed movies in the territory.”
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Posts by Marcia Lynx Qualey:
Forthcoming Thirteenth-century Best-seller, ‘Scents and Flavors: a Syrian Cookbook’
“Bookended by chapters on preparatory perfumes, incenses, medicinal oils, antiperspirant powders, and after-meal hand soaps, this comprehensive culinary journey is a feast for all the senses.”
Jahanamiya: A New Feminist Lit Mag Publishing Work by Saudi Women
Thus far, each issue has centered on a theme “that is an element of Saudi culture”: Arabic coffee (summer 2015), ismik (winter 2016), and awlad (fall 2016).
On Palestinian Libraries
They spoke about the particular issues encountered by Palestinian libraries and librarians, what they are doing to address those problems, and what the international library community can do to help.
Celebrated Translator Robin Moger’s Reads for 2016 and 2017
“Following the progress of a young mother through revolution and tragedy personal and political this enormous, digressive, shaggy-canine, surreal novel has some of the signature humour and shambolic expansiveness of Nael’s Women of Karantina, but carries devastating emotional power and focus, the mock-seriousness fringed with melancholy and madness.”
Arab Authors’ and Translators’ Favorites: The 2016 List
Nine Arab authors and Arabic-English translators discuss their favorite reads from 2016.
Poet Dunya Mikhail on Kidnapped Iraqi Writer Afrah Shawqi and Elusive ‘Freedom of Expression’
In this essay, Afrah said that “freedom of expression” was the phrase most frequently used by Iraqi politicians post-2003, “yet our lives, we journalists, are risked every time we criticize any head, even if it were the head of onion.”
Caine Prize 2017 Judges Include Libyan Writer Ghazi Gheblawi, Submissions Open
The five-story shortlist will be announced in mid-May, with the winner announced in London on July 3.
Camel’s Feet: Youssef Rakha’s Three Best Books of 2016
“In my experience what tends to happen is — first you like someone’s work, then you meet them and it puts you off their existence!”