PalFest 2016 on the Move; Novelist Ahmed Masoud Denied Entry
“He is the second invited participant to the festival to be denied entry after poet Inua Ellams was denied a visa by the Israeli embassy in London.”
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Posts by Marcia Lynx Qualey:
Sunday Submissions: Critical Flame’s Special Translation Feature
“…a special translation feature set for their November-December 2016 issue[.]”
A Tour of the 2016 Palestine International Book Fair: In Words and Pictures
“Underscoring the continued problem was the marked absence of Palestinian writers and thinkers from Gaza, who though on the official program were not present at any of the week’s panels.”
Friday Films: ‘The Land,’ Based on a Popular Novel by Abdel Rahman Al-Sharqawi
“Set in the 1930s, Sharqawi’s novel was first published as al-Ard in 1954 – two years after the Egyptian revolution – and appeared in Desmond Stewart’s excellent translation in 1962. It has also been translated into French, Russian and other languages….”
UAE-based Kalimat Partners With Bloomsbury; They Will Publish Translations of Each Other’s Titles
“The partnership will see both publishing companies exchange the same number of books to be published in translation each year.”
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.”
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….”