‘Protect and Serve’? Crime-fic Symposium to Include Look at Arabic Noir
The “Arab Noir” panel at “‘Protect and Serve’: Crime Fiction and Community” promises an innovative discussion of the ways in which Arabs do, or don’t do, crime fiction.
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Egyptian Playwright Yussef El Guindi a 2015 ‘Stranger Genius’ Nominee
“‘The Stranger’ believes fine art does a bad job of standing up for itself in popular culture, and the Genius Awards are our way of doing something about it.”
Another $675K Literary Prize from Qatar
If the money that was given away for the Katara Novel Award was “available to grant-making institutions in Egypt, the sum would be enough for 100 financially viable awards.”
Yalla Afrabia! Chimurenga’s First Arabic-language Edition
“Meanwhile, I like to remind skeptics that no one seems to question North Africa’s place in Africa during Africa Cup of Nations.”
10 of the Best Crowdfunded Literary Projects: International
The successful campaigns share a few characteristics: large networks, good explanation of where the money’s going, decent (to fabulous) perks, and a lot of hard outreach work.
Ramadan, Reading
The blog “Under the Neem Tree” is running its third Ramadan-reading challenge.
The Struggles of ‘Vagina Monologues’-inspired Theatre in Morocco
In 2006, “Vagina Monologues”-inspired projects launched in Lebanon (“Women’s Talk”) and Egypt (“BuSSy”). In 2012, a similar project launched in Morocco (“Dialy”), although it’s had different struggles.
Crowdfunding Lags for Pioneering Egyptian Theatre Project
“For BuSSy to continue to share with the world the remarkable histories of our storytellers, we need a safe and open space to hold our workshops..away from censorship and content-controlling funding…”
A Focus on ‘Places and Languages that Don’t See Much Movement into English’
I was skeptical when Darf Publishers relaunched “with a focus on Arabic literature in translation.”