And the Prize for Women in Arabic Translation Goes to… No One?
“Crunching the numbers is just a start towards addressing — and redressing — the disparity.”
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Posts by Marcia Lynx Qualey:
Court Finally Releases Reasoning Behind Novelist Ahmed Naji’s Prison Sentence
“[S]uch freedom must remain within the limits of the basic foundations of society, namely religion and tradition, and moral values embedded in Egyptian society.”
The Curious Case of Contemporary Moroccan Literature
“There’s a whole range of work in there — 10 writers translated from 4 languages, of all ages; a lot of poetry, some funny fiction, some militant feminist Amazigh work, and so much in between.”
Award-winning Egyptian Artist Ganzeer’s First Graphic Novel To Begin Appearing Online April 15
” It follows the story of two children, Mehret and Kameen, who scavange the wastelands of Earth for valuables from the civilizations that came before. “
Al-Saddiq al-Raddi Collection Shortlisted for Ted Hughes Award
“What I can say, with utter confidence, is this is a shortlist that looks like no other; a shortlist that has brought pieces of work that might otherwise have gone unrecognised into conversation with each other…”
Saturday Submissions: ‘Play to Voices’
“Plays must be written or adapted for radio.”
Friday Films: ‘A Nightingale’s Prayer’
“Yet Barakat and writer Youssef Gohar also created a poetic script that almost matches the novel’s genius.”
Arabic Literary Translations in China: A Brief History
Chinese PhD student Sha Min — who also blogs about Arabic literature in Chinese — gives an overview of the movement of Arabic literature into Chinese.
New Theatre: ‘The Several Beheadings of Ashraf Fayadh’
“I started thinking about Ashraf Fayadh, particularly the event that lead to his eventual incarceration, namely going to a cafe to watch a football game and ending up in a heap of trouble. What if that day repeated over and over?”