PEN America Honors Ahmed Naji with 2016 PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award
The award “honors individual writers who have fought courageously in the face of adversity for their right to freedom of expression.”
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April 2016: Global Arab and Arabic Literature Events
Including the launch of Ahlem Mosteghanemi’s new book in London, a theatre festival in Jenin, and more.
Coming Soon, ‘Tajdeed: Contemporary Arabic Stories in Translation’
“Tajdeed will provide American and international readers with fresh insight into the themes and innovative forms of contemporary Arabic writing.”
Amir Tag Elsir’s ‘French Perfume’ Makes 2015 Best Translated Book Award Longlist
“Although this novel interrogates the ‘North-South’ relationship, it is very different from the seminal work by El Sir’s famous uncle, Tayeb Salih, Season of Migration to the North.”
A New Translation of ‘Locusts Leave No Field Green’ by ‘Ali ‘Ubayd al-Sa’i
“They were going to join the official Locust Resistance Committees and fight back.”
Rabee Jaber’s Must-read ‘Confessions,’ in Gorgeous English Translation
“Instead, there is cake.”
‘Our Lot Is To Hope’: Revisiting Syrian Playwright Saadallah Wannous’ World Theatre Day Message
“Our lot is to hope, and what happens today cannot be the end of time.”
ALTA Launches Publisher Database for Translators
There are still some bugs to be worked out.
Saturday Submissions: Tajwaal, an ‘International Mobility Grant’ for Arab Artists
“Certainly this should apply to authors going abroad to promote their work.”