The debut CairoComix Festival has entered its second day, and while some reports have its organization a little rough around the edges, it’s been packed with enthusiasts. Its first set of awards surprised comix-watchers by going to a majority of women artists.
Arab and Arabic literary events in some form of translation.
Young Saudi novelist and short-story writer Mohammed Hasan Alwan has won the Arab World Institute’s Prix de la Littérature Arabe for his novel “The Beaver,” translated to French by Stéphanie Dujols.
Palestinian poet and publisher Ashraf Zaghal was in Paris for the “Interludes Poetiques de Palestine.” He writes: By Ashraf Zaghal Between September 22 and 26, five Palestinian poets shared the stage […]
Translator Valentina Viene profiles “Muslim Libyan Arab British graphic novelist” Asia Alfasi, who has moved from writing about her identity to, more broadly, life in Libya and Scotland.
Promising “Arabic books, international bestsellers & new releases, kids books, stationery & book accessories.”
Jérémie Guez will be launching his English-language debut at Skylight Books in Los Angeles on Nov. 6 and at the Book Passage in Corte Madera on Nov. 13.
“That’s it? ‘Leave,’ just like that! It is inconceivable that one word could take up so much space on the door. Leave!”
Ghayath Almadhoun’s collection of poetry Weg van Damascus, trans. Djûke Poppinga, unexpectedly entered the “Poezie Top 10” in Belgen last month.
