The 2015 Riyadh International Book Fair: A Mixed Bag
“Our city with a population of 6 million people does not have many moments of happiness or joy.”
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Excerpt from Ibrahim Aslan’s ‘Two-bedroom Apartment: A Domestic Series’
This month, Aslan would’ve been eighty.
‘Disrupt! Books!’ Winner Wants to Help Writers Navigate Arabic Publishing World
The Netherlands-based NGO Hivos recently sponsored a “Disrupt! Books!” event in Amman “dedicated…to investigating the possibilities of the internet for the traditional Arabic publishing industries[.]”
Bashkatib: Helping Egyptian Teens to Publish Their Own Newspapers
“The idea is to initiate media outlets that are run by youth in their communities. They publish news and stories in printed publications, which they then distribute for free in their neighborhoods.”
New Syrian Novel Expresses Distrust of Storytelling
Beneath the bluntly “revolutionary” surface of the novel, there is a complex narrative structure threatening to subvert it.
Ahmed Mourad on Adapting Books to Film: Examine the Text ‘And Have a Conversation with It. Bargain.’
To adapt a work to film “requires courage and some literary slyness. One must examine his text and have a conversation with it. Bargain.”
Yemenis, Eritreans, Libyans: Apply for ‘Culture in Defiance’ Grants
The Prince Claus Fund has announced that it’s accepting project proposals for its Cultural Defiance Fund from the Central African Republic, Eritrea, Libya, and Yemen.
Why the International Prize for Arabic Fiction Controversies? ‘People Like To Talk a Lot’
“Just as the prize promotes a work, it can promote some negativity.”
Shubbak 2015: First Events on Sale, Including Opera Based on ‘Cities of Salt’
Shubbak — London’s “window” on contemporary Arab culture — has revealed part of its 2015 lineup, which includes four scenes from a new opera based on Abdelrahman Munif’s seminal novel.