New Online in October 2014: Arabic Literature in Translation
Newly translated and published online this month.
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Posts by Marcia Lynx Qualey:
What Wikipedia Learned from Making Arabic Book Grants
Wikipedia recently attempted to distribute books to Arabic-writing encyclopaedists across the region.
New Imprint Looking to Translate Women’s Poetry, Redress Translation’s Gender Balance
Periscope is a new imprint from A Midsummer Night’s Press devoted to women’s poetry in translation. Publisher-translator-poet Lawrence Schimel answered questions (why women? why translation? how exactly will this work?) ahead of the house’s Nov. 1 launch.
The Launch of ‘Otared’ and the Consumption of Human Flesh
With the pre-publication launch of an excerpt of Mohamad Rabie’s third novel, Otared — both in the original Arabic and in English translation by Robin Moger — the Egyptian journal Mada Masr is establishing itself as a place for fresh new creative work.
‘One Book, Many Communities’: Reading As a Form of Protest
This winter, Librarians and Archivists with Palestine (LAP) is coordinating a new international reading campaign called “One Book, Many Communities.” It’s a shared book club across boundaries and borders, and will launch in January 2015 […]
Sheikh Zayed Book Award’s 2015 Literature Longlist Features Prominent Authors
Yesterday, Sheikh Zayed Book Award organizers announced the prize’s ten-book longlist for the “literature” category, which comprises both poetry and narrative works.
Cairo Book Fair to Launch Professional Program
Since their launch and expansion, the two big big book fairs in Abu Dhabi and Sharjah have attracted the most attention from non-Arab publishers. But Cairo is now attempting to throw its hat into the ring with the city’s first-ever professional program.
‘June Rain’: Searching for a Murderer Among Murderers
Jabbour Douaihy’s novels have been acclaimed and awarded in the last few years, both in Arabic and in French translation. Now, with a new translation of his “June Rain” by Paula Haydar, one hopes the Lebanese author will begin attracting admirers in English, too.
‘Major Victory Against Censorship in Lebanon’
It was not long ago that playwright Lucien Bourjeily (@lucienbourjeily), nominated for a 2014 Index Freedom of Expression Award for his censored play “Is It Permitted or Not,” announced that he’d been prevented from traveling to perform another play in London.