Kareem James Abu-Zeid on ‘Literary’ vs. ‘Academic’ Translation
“[T]hose translations don’t reach a very wide audience, nor will they ever, because they don’t read very well in English.”
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6 Algerian Women Writers Whose Work Should Be Translated into English
“She is one of the strongest women’s voices of Algerian literature on matters of women’s rights and who openly discussed issues of rape and violence against of women.”
Day of Blogging for Ahmed Naji: His Reading Recommendations
This day of blogging, in organizers’ words, is “to offer a writer who’s been sentenced to jail for two years the chance to get out of prison, but also to ensure that he is the last person imprisoned for his writings.”
Sunday Submissions: 2016 Stephen Spender Prize, Deadline May 27
“Your reason for translating this particular poem….”
How To Support a Book Drive for Syrian Refugees in Sweden
“When the need is so great, anything will help, and when the dust settles after this first book drive, perhaps we’ll know more.”
Friday Films: ‘Al-Haram,’ Based on a Novel by Yusuf Idris
The film was nominated for the Prix International at the 1965 Cannes Film Festival.
PalFest Announces 2016 Authors, Event Schedule
“…South African-Australian Nobel laureate J.M. Coetzee, noted Syrian-Palestinian poet Ghayath Al Madhoun, architect-writer-scholar Mohamed Elshahed, Irish novelist Colum McCann, and many others…”
It’s May 12, the Day for Ahmed Naji: Texts to Read, Online Book Discussions, Radio Programs, More
“Excerpts of Naji’s novel in the original Arabic, as well as French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Turkish, Slovenian, German, and Finnish.”
May Is the Month of Arabic Literature in New York City: Dramatic Readings, Magazine Launches, a Discussion with Basma Abdel Aziz, More
Also, how to read a story from Hassan Blasim’s new collection — out from Comma Press next year.