Small Win: Poet Dareen Tatour Will Serve House Arrest at Home in Reineh
“We wait final decision from the court and expect Dareen to be home by July 25. Solidarity yields results!”
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Posts by Marcia Lynx Qualey:
Dear Literary Prizes, Don’t Honor That Wall
“There’s also an argument that literary prizes — far from honoring the hyper-militarized borders that choke our century — should violate them.”
11 Arabic Books (in Translation) to Read with Teens
“The importance of having children, teens, and young adults engage with literature in translation — literature from other traditions, that builds on different discussions — is an essay for another day. But it is even more essential with Arabic literature[.]”
On Who Shouldn’t Read Ibn al-Nabulusi and Grammar-nerd Humor in 13th Century Egypt
“I’m not entirely sure who shouldn’t read this. It’s tempting to hope that the Pamela Gellers, Robert Spencers, and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadis of the world will overlook it. But actually I think it would be alright if they didn’t.”
Sunday Submissions: WCN Emerging Translator Mentorships 2016
“During the mentorship, just as before, experienced translators are matched with emerging translators for a six-month period. “
‘The Return’: Hisham Matar’s Greatest Book So Far
“If there is a villain in this book, it is not Muammar Ghaddafi, who we never see. It is his bald son Seif[.]”
Today: A Motion to Stay Ahmed Naji’s Two-year Prison Sentence for His Novel ‘Using Life’
“Supporters have asked those in Egypt to gather at 10 a.m.”
New Poems by Dareen Tatour, Under House Arrest in Israel
They signed on my behalf
And turned me into
A file, forgotten
Like cigarette butts.
Among 139 Funded Projects, a PEN/Heim Translation Grant Has Gone to an Arabic Book Just Once
“Why haven’t there been more grants for Arabic literary projects? “