Muhammad Fanatil al-Hajaya’s ‘Following the News on Al Jazeera’
“Following the News on Al Jazeera” is a pop-rhetorical poem by Muhammad Fanatil al-Hajaya, an intervention into recent news, translated and introduced by William Tamplin.
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Egyptian Novelist and Poet Omar Hazek on List of Those to Be ‘Pardoned’
One hundred Egyptian prisoners who were arrested for political reasons have been placed on a list to be pardoned and released. Novelist and poet Omar Hazek is one of them.
Cairo Street to be Named for Novelist Gamal al-Ghitani
The street will have its name changed from “Dabbabya” to “Gamal al-Ghitani.”
Egyptian Playwright and Political Commentator, Ali Salem, 79
Madrasset El-Mushaghebeen (School of the Troublemakers)…was “Salem’s best play, a truly courageous work that challenged the cultural establishment.”
‘Perception of Meaning’: At the Boundary of Arabic Poetry and Apocalypse
Last November, The Perception of Meaning was chosen as a co-winner of the University of Arkansas Award for the Translation of Arabic Literature; now a bilingual edition of the book by Hisham Bustani, trans. Thoraya El-Rayyes, is coming from Syracuse University Press this fall.
‘Confines of the Shadow’: ‘A Passion for the Other, But Not for the Exotic’
“I decided to translate him after reading the first few pages of ‘The Confines of the Shadow,’ so almost immediately.”
Sundance Announces New Initiative to Support Theatre-makers from the MENA
“We hope this new initiative will challenge the American theatre community to embrace a broader definition of identity and creativity.”
A Poem from Zaid Shlah: ‘An Ant Climbs a Wall’
Iraqi-Canadian poet Zaid Shlah has a new collection of poems and essays just out from Frontenac House Press, “ClockWork.”
Longlists for Prix Femina Include Novels by Boualem Sansal, Charif Majdalani, Najwa Barakat
Algerian novelist Boualem Sansal’s 2084 scored its fifth longlisting for a major literary prize yesterday when the novel found itself on the 15-book longlist for the French-language Prix Femina.