Ashraf Fayadh: ‘The Name of a Masculine Dream’
“Since when does the wind honor traffic laws?
Since when?
Did the wind ever stop at your red light?”
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In Spanish Translation, Ashraf Fayadh’s ‘Los últimos descendientes de los Refugiados’
“Provocas indigestión al mundo, entre otras cosas.
No obligues a la Tierra a vomitarte,
y permanece cerca de ella, muy cerca.”
In Finnish Translation, Ašraf Fayyad’s ‘Pakolaisten Viimeinen Jälkeläinen’
“Pakolaisuus on sitä, että seisoo jonon hännillä
jos vaikka saisi kotimaankannikan
Jonotus on sitä, mitä isoisäsi teki – syytä koskaan tietämättä!”
In French Translation: ‘Les Moustaches de Frida Kalo’ and Other Poems
“Les bulles noires de pétrole
Se promènent parmi tes cellules”
Watch Two New One-woman Plays from Egypt in Boston or Online
“Access to the workshop performance and conversation will be free for those in Boston. The plays are also set to livestream on the commons-based HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv at 7:30pm EST.”
Egyptian Novelist Ahmed Naji and Editor Tarek al-Taher Will Go Back to Court in ‘Public Morals’ Case
As Naji wrote on Facebook: We’ll start again from scratch and reinvent the wheel in order to explain what’s creative freedom and what’s literature again.
International Prize for Arabic Fiction Releases 16-book Longlist of ‘Demanding’ Novels
Yasir Suleiman, chair of the prize’s Board of Trustees, called the novels “technically mature and sometimes demanding.”
2016 International Prize for Arabic Fiction Longlist To Be Revealed Today; 159 Novels in Contention
“The longlist will consist of up to 16 novels, chosen from the 159 entries we’re told came from 18 countries.”
Newly Translated: Poems to Read for Ashraf Fayadh on January 14
On January 14, there will be readings held to stand shoulder to shoulder with Palestinian poet and artist Ashraf Fayadh held around the world.