Notes from a Self-translator and Other Translation Talks in Cairo This Spring
“You also get to understand more about your own work when you do your own translation.”
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US Tour of Palestinian Play ‘The Siege’ Cancelled
“It is with deep regret that we announce that the Public Theater has decided not to proceed with the plans to showcase The Freedom Theatre’s The Siege in May, 2016.”
2016 Edition of Qatar’s ‘Katara Arab Novel Prize’ Receives More Than 1K Submissions
That’s up from a reported 220 entries last year.
Why You Should Know Moroccan Author of Cult Classic ‘L’hôpital’
“For Anglophone readers, L’hôpital will come out in English next year from New Directions.”
‘Congratulations to Lebanese Publishing’: On the 2016 International Prize for Arabic Fiction:
“[O]ut of the six Arabic novels selected for the ‘Arabic Booker’ shortlist, five were published in Lebanon.”
‘Experimental Works’ Chosen for 2016 International Prize for Arabic Fiction Shortlist
“Half have some previous IPAF connection: There are two books by authors who’ve formerly participated in IPAF nadwas, or workshops (Mohamad Rabie and Shahla Ujayli) and one formerly shortlisted novelist (Raba’i al-Madhoun, for his ‘The Lady from Tel Aviv’).”
Today at 7 a.m. GMT: The International Prize for Arabic Fiction Shortlist
The announcement ceremony will be held at Muscat’s Cultural Club.
‘Arabic Booker’-longlisted Mohamed Rabie on the Hope That Clouds Observation
“If it were not for the failure of the January 2011 revolution, I wouldn’t have written the novel. All the ideas in the novel are built around its failure.”
Interviews with the Authors Longlisted for the 2016 International Prize for Arabic Fiction
“I think that the acts of confiscating Arab works, the repeated banning and confiscation of literary and intellectual works and the ongoing intimidation of Arab writers, as well as social censorship practiced by ordinary individuals on one another in Arab societies were the main inspiration.”