Reactions to Inas Abdel Dayem as Egypt’s New Minister of Culture
Reactions to Inas Abdel Dayem’s appointment as the new Minister of Culture have shaken out, generally, along fault lines.
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Fired by Predecessor, Inas Abdel Dayem To Be Egypt’s New Culture Minister
Inas Abdel Dayem — the former head of the Opera House — has been named Egypt’s (latest) Minister of Culture. The internationally recognized flautist has been cheered on Facebook and elsewhere as the first woman to hold the position.
A New Generation of Arab Writers: Mohammed Hassan Alwan and Jana Elhassan
This June, the Shubbak Festival in London brought together authors Jana Elhassan and Mohamed Hassan Alwan in conversation with BBC broadcaster, writer, and arts critic Bidisha. Attending the event were representatives of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction, Banipal magazine, as well as literary translators, bloggers, critics and readers. ArabLit contributor Amira Abd El-Khalek was there.
Banipal 47: Fiction from Kuwait
Banipal is now shipping out copies of issue 47: Fiction from Kuwait.
Rachida Madani’s ‘Tales of a Severed Head’ on PEN’s 2013 Poetry-in-translation Shortlist
Yesterday, PEN American Center announced the shortlists and judges for the 2013 PEN Literary Awards.
Rawi Hage on Writing ‘Without Touching Devices’ and His Kinship with Youssef Habchi El-Achkar
Awards and acclaim have collected around Rawi Hage ever since he published his debut novel in 2006. Although Hage came relatively late to novel writing, his first, De Niro’s Game, won the prestigious IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. Other awards followed for his second novel, Cockroach, and his third, Carnival, which was released in the U.S. just last month.
‘Lebanese Blonde,’ ‘House of Stone,’ ‘Atrium’ Win 2013 Arab American Book Awards
Yesterday evening, the Arab American Museum announced winners of the 2013 Arab American Book Awards. There were four winners and five honorable mentions.
Philip Kennedy: These Books Shouldn’t Just Hide on a Shelf
Philip F. Kennedy, the Library of Arabic Literature’s General Editor, has been a key force in putting systems in place and getting the LAL — which focuses on Arabic-English editions of classical and pre-modern Arabic literature — on its feet. He spoke with ArabLit at the 2013 Abu Dhabi International Book Fair about how the project came about, noting a few the challenges the editors and editor-translators have faced.
On Iraqi Poetry
For the next few months, ArabLit will be running a series of interviews and essays on Iraqi poetry: with poets, critics, translators, and others. August 1: Basim al-Ansar: ‘Poetry Is […]