Alef Bookstores’ Knowledge Taxi – مكتبات أ تاكسي المعرفة
Interesting–although someone could’ve told the producer that “man on the street” interviews don’t have to be with men. In any case, I’m all for trying new ways of getting books […]
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Posts by Marcia Lynx Qualey:
The Arabic NaNoWriMo
Over at The National today, Zaineb al Hassani has a piece about National Novel Writing Month—typically shortened to NaNoWriMo—the novel-writing month that’s broken its boundaries.
Book Festivals and the ‘Huge Desire for New Arab Novels’
Three recent or ongoing book festivals (The Sharjah International Book Fair, Beirut’s Francophone Book Fair, and the Manchester Literature Festival) highlight a growing demand for Arab literary work. Moreover, there’s also the giant Arab-focused London Poetry Festival at the Southbank Centre this October 30-Nov. 7.
‘So Much Survives the Process of Translation’
Yes, it’s Halloween, but it’s also nearly time for this year’s Arab-focused London Poetry Festival. Spooooky!
Dr. Naif Al Mutawa: Book Censorship is Killing Arabic
Dr. Naif Al Mutawa—creator of extremely successful comic series The 99—had long dreamt of creating comics. When he was in his twenties in his native Kuwait, he wrote and published his first two books.
Alaa Al-Aswany on the Unauthorized Hebrew Translation of ‘The Yacoubian Building’
According to The Associated Press, best-selling Egyptian author Alaa Al Aswany has lashed out at an unauthorized Hebrew translation of his most popular novel. He has called it, unsurprisingly, intellectual theft.
British vs. American Dialect in Translating ‘The American Granddaughter’
One thing is bothering me. The narrator’s diction is quite high—a working-class girl from Detroit says, “I pulled into the spacious parking lot in front of Wal-Mart….” Fine. Something has elevated this character, putting her outside of ordinary American speech. I haven’t read so far that I can see the full effects, but I can appreciate the decision.
New Blog: ‘Graphic Novels in the Middle East’
Harvard University’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies Outreach Center has just started up a new blog for its 2010 – 2011 program on comics and graphic novels. The information is […]
Big-Money Sheikh Zayed Award Stripped Over Allegations of Plagiarism
Yesterday, Sheikh Zayed Award organizers announced that Algerian scholar Dr. Hafnaouoi Ba’li—who’d been awarded the 2010 Sheikh Zayed literature prize for his Comparative Cultural Criticism—had been stripped of the award. […]