‘We Are the Exception’: Translational Fidelity and the ‘Nights’
“Is this parsimony a virtue?”
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Posts by Marcia Lynx Qualey:
On World Poetry Day, Support Imprisoned Poets
“Your voice matters.”
Freezing Gamal Eid’s Assets Means Freezing Money for Egypt’s Most-needed Libraries
“Whenever you provide the citizen, regardless of his age, with a book, it will be beneficial to them.”
Saturday Submissions: New Palestinian Poetry Anthology and More
“The book will present up to five poems each by 10-12 Palestinian poets, representing a diverse range of voices, both new and established, from the Occupied Territories, the diaspora and refugee community, and ’48 Palestinians. “
Friday Films: ‘Adrift on the Nile,’ Based on a Novel by Mahfouz
“How significant is a bunch of chitchat on the Nile?”
Translator, Critic, and Scholar Georges Tarabichi, 77
“I will not say farewell; generations are awaiting an appointment with his works and great translations.”
Voices in Support of Novelist Ahmed Naji
“When you confiscate creative work and imagination, it is like confiscating the right to life.”
Qatari Poet Muhammad Al Ajami, Serving 15-year Sentence, Pardoned by Emir
Qatari poet Muhammad al-Ajami — who was the target of an international solidarity movement because of his 15-year prison sentence — has been pardoned, according to the UN’s Office of the […]
Translating #Cervantes400 into Arabic
“Between Don Quijote (دون كيخوت), Don Quichotte (دون كيشوت) and Dhon Quikhote (ضون كيخوطى); between Cervantes (سرفاتس) and Thervantes (ثربانتس), to speak of Cervantes in Arabic is to open Pandora’s box…”