The Murder of Syrian Poet Mohammad Bashir al-Aani
“Reports emerged in recent days that both al-Aani and his son were killed after IS accused them of ‘apostasy’. “
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Coming in Time for #Shakespeare400: Four Arab Hamlet Plays
The collection also includes an autobiographical sketch by Mahmoud Aboudoma, “Gamlet” is Russian for “Hamlet.”
On Mahmoud Darwish’s Birthday, a New Translation of ‘If I Were a Hunter’
If a hunter I were
I’d give the gazelle
a chance, and another,
and a third, and a tenth,
to doze a little.
On Mahmoud Darwish’s Birthday, a New Translation of ‘The Second Olive Tree’
“No one says to the olive tree: How beautiful you are!”
‘Mahmoud Darwish Awards’ Go to Ghassan Zaqtan, Elias Khoury, and Alice Walker
Each winner was awarded $25,000.
On Mahmoud Darwish’s Birthday, a New Translation of ‘Dying for Free’
“and the arms of spilled blood call to me: come!”
Friday Film: ‘The Egyptian Citizen,’ Based on ‘War in the Land of Egypt’
Each Friday, we look at an Arabic book-and-film combination where each is a strong artistic work in its own right. At the end of 20 Fridays, we’ll have a […]
Lebanese-Brazilian Author’s ‘Cup of Rage’ Longlisted for 2016 Man Booker International
“‘A Cup of Rage’ is set on the farm of an immigrant Lebanese family in Brazil.”
Happy Un-International-Women’s Day: 9 Works by Arabophone Women
And, last, the “Manifesto Against the Woman.”