Egyptian Appeals Court Sentences Novelist Ahmed Naji to Two Years
Akhbar al-Adab editor-in-chief Tarek al-Taher, who was also charged in this case, was given a LE10,000 fine.
mlynxqualey
About mlynxqualey
Posts by Marcia Lynx Qualey:
Egyptian Novelist Alaa El-Deeb, 77
Thursday evening, prominent critic, translator, and novelist Alaa al-Deeb, died at the Maadi Military Hospital.
Mahfouz’s ‘Wedding Song’ To Be Made into Ramadan Serial; Film of Ibrahim Essa’s ‘The Televangelist’ in Post-production
The TV adaptation of Mahfouz’s Wedding Song is being touted as “Egypt’s biggest-budget TV production this year.”
Sights and Scenes from the 2016 Casablanca Book Fair
The 22nd Casablanca International Book Fair (SIEL) opened February 12 and will continue through the 21st.
Increasing Arab Participation in Istanbul’s Literary Life
“With this international fair, we aim to embrace Syrian refugees who found refuge in Turkey and grant them the Arabic publications that they have long needed[.]”
More Than 20 Top Translators, Novelists Call on Translators to Withdraw from Qatar Conference
“Your participation in this conference, however limited, will grant legitimacy to the same family that has unjustly imprisoned Muhammad Al-Ajami.”
Al Mutanabbi Street Starts Here and the Politics of Translation
The Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here DC 2016 festival rolls on, with a poetry readings by Hala Alyan and DC-area Arab-American poets forthcoming February 20 and 21. Elizabeth Kelley was at two of the early February events.
Translations of Ashraf Fayadh’s ‘Instructions Within’ Forthcoming in French, English
“Also: Monday, March 21 will be World Poetry Day. To mark this day, PEN International plans to campaign on behalf of Fayadh[.]”
Your Annual Anti-Valentine’s Day Literature: ‘That Pathetic Woman’
“She is the one who has become his widow, and I am a woman of sin who deserves to be stoned, who steals men from the warmth of their homes.”