‘Diamonds and Women’: One of the Few Novels that Follows Arab Immigrants to South America
“Sex and sexual conquest are undoubtedly the most pronounced themes of the novel.”
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Readings from the ‘Book of Gaza’
Perhaps the most interesting aspect to the “Book of Gaza” is to see the trajectory, obsessions, and interests of the Gazan short story over the course of forty years.
Arabic Literature in Translation Faces ‘Racial Profiling and Bias’
A March 24 conversation on contemporary Arabic fiction — between short-story writers Hassan Blasim and Hisham Bustani, editors Jennifer Acker and John Siciliano, scholar Mohamed El Sawi Hassan, and publisher Michel […]
Spring 2015: Best of the Newly Translated Arabic Literature Online
The best of the short stories and poetry recently translated from Arabic and published online.
Does Kamel Daoud Need a ‘PEN Promotes’ Award?
Yet of the books arriving in English translation this year, these five “PEN Promotes” winners are among those you are most likely to see reviewed in your local broadsheet and to trip over in your local bookstore.
Tunisia’s 2015 Golden Comar Prizes to Shukri al-Mabkhout, Anouar Attia
Last Saturday, the winners of the 19th annual Golden Comar Prize were announced at the Municipal Theatre of Tunis.
‘Consorts of the Caliphs’: History Through the Writings of 39 Women
“Modern historians, I think, would probably pooh-pooh it as a work of history, and I think they would be quite wrong to do so.”
May 2015 Events Global Arab and Arabic Literary Events Calendar
Events that touch on Arab and Arabic literatures happening around the world.
Humphrey Davies on ‘Representational Translation’ and the Uses of Urban Dictionary and Google Translate
“And I took these from the Urban Dictionary online.”