Humphrey Davies on ‘Representational Translation’ and the Uses of Urban Dictionary and Google Translate
“And I took these from the Urban Dictionary online.”
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Posts by Marcia Lynx Qualey:
What Does It Matter If ‘Leg Over Leg’ Is the ‘First Arabic Novel’?
“This was a man who wanted to write a book, and he wanted to write it the way he wanted to write it. He may have had all sorts of unconscious models in his mind, but this was an enterprise that was not trammeled by what it should be and what it should be called.”
‘Made by Many’ Crowdfunding, ‘Arabian Stories’ Contest, Other Calls for Submissions
New calls and contests for translated literature, literary events, and short-short stories (in Arabic).
Mbarek Sryfi a Translation-prize Finalist for Kilito’s ‘Arabs and the Art of Storytelling’
Yesterday, the French-American Foundation and Florence Gould Foundation announced the finalists for the 28th Annual Translation Prize of “best translations in fiction and nonfiction from French to English.”
Souad Massi’s New Album: Interpreting Classic Arabic Poems
Souad Massi’s new album “El Mutakallimun,” loosely translated as “The Masters of the Word,” reinterprets ten classic Arabic texts.
At Shubbak Festival 2015: The Rise of Arabic Literature in English?
If you’re in London, or can get there, synchronize your calendar with these events.
Omar Hazek: ‘This is the Bond I Have With Prison’
“I lost inspiration for three years, only to recover it in my small frigid box — cell 5, ward 23.”
Beloved Egyptian Poet Abdel-Rahman El-Abnoudi Dies at 77
Abdel-Rahman El-Abnoudi, renowned Egyptian poet, has died at 77.
‘Oh Salaam!’: Is Change Possible in Post-war Beirut?
“…it’s a fast-paced, novella-length work, reminiscent of Muriel Spark’s ‘Driver’s Seat’, both for its black humor and for the way its characters slide precipitously into danger.”