Can You Ace the Mahfouz Quiz?
For those who are still celebrating Mahfouz’s 100th birthday, I have an eight-question quiz over at Al Masry Al Youm/Egypt Independent, and, at Your Middle East, a review of The Essential Naguib Mahfouz, […]
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Posts by Marcia Lynx Qualey:
5 Questions with Robin Moger on Translating Ahmed Mourad’s ‘Vertigo’
Ahmed Mourad’s popular and groundbreaking 2007 novel, Vertigo, came out this past fall in translation (My short review for the Egypt Independent.) Below, five questions with translator Robin Moger: ArabLit: Even […]
If You’re in London: Join SOAS’s 1st Annual Arabic Poetry Festival
On Saturday, Jan. 14 and Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012, London’s School for Oriental and African Studies will host its first (!) annual Arabic poetry festival. Poetry will be translated, organizers […]
A Q&A with Forces Behind a New Gulf Poetry Anthology, ‘Gathering the Tide’
The introduction to the poetry anthology Gathering the Tide: An Anthology of Contemporary Arabian Gulf Poetry, out this month, begins: “It started simply enough. In an introduction to poetry class, […]
Arabic Lit (in Translation): Five to Look for in 2012
What’s forthcoming in translation is not nearly as well-publicized as the big English-language novels. But here are 5 to look for in 2012: The Lady from Tel Aviv, by Rabai […]
A ‘Best of Arabic Literature (in English)’ 2011
There were more than three dozen Arabic books published in English translation this year, as well as dozens of books by authors of the Arab diaspora(s). The bulk of what […]
The Contenders: Best of Arabic Literature (in English) 2011
The list below does not include numerous books written by Arab authors in English, French, Swedish, and other languages, many of which I have read and reviewed. Books with a […]
43rd Annual Cairo International Book Fair Take 2: Postponed
UPDATE UPDATE: The news seems to be that the fair will open on the 22nd-24th, close on the 25-26, re-open on the 27th and run through the 7th of February. UPDATE: The […]
International Prize for Arabic Fiction Longlist Profiles: ‘Suitcases of Memory’
Suitcases of Memory, longlisted for the 2012 International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF), is Lebanese author Sharbel Qatan (Charbel Kattan)’s debut novel. Qatan, who was born in southern Lebanon in […]