‘Egypt’ to translate Mahmoud Darwish?
I came across this somewhat strange headline in Bikya Masr. Certainly, five or ten years ago I would have cheered it—oorah, more Darwish in English! But, these days, poet-translator Fady […]
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Posts by Marcia Lynx Qualey:
Review: Bahaa Taher’s Sunset Oasis
Quarterly Conversation has posted my review of Bahaa Taher’s Sunset Oasis, which won the inaugural “Arabic Booker,” or International Prize for Arabic Fiction. (The book, not my review.) As you’ll […]
What Does Roger Allen Teach?
Google is such a strange thing: You can find out about Allen’s 2010 summer seminar through a letter to his colleagues. Allen has been in the Arab-lit field since the […]
Egyptian Books Now in English: Nov/Dec 2009
Fiction Cairo Swan Song, Mekkawi Said. This book was shortlisted for the Arabic Booker in 2007-2008; Said has said in part because of a blog campaign for the book. I […]
And Now, for Something Completely Different
Words Without Borders is featuring international science fiction this December. Unfortunately, there are no offerings from the Arabic (I would love to read a narrative about 22nd century Cairo), but […]
Best Arabic Writing (Newly Available in English) of 2010
The print media is rife with the “best books of 2009,” and I’m sure we’ll soon see countdowns of dozens of other things (“top news stories,” “best frauds perpetrated by […]
MLA Translation Award Will Go to Haydar, Beard for Translation of Adonis (Ali Ahmad Said)
The MLA apparently will present a major translation award to Dr. Michael Beard (University of North Dakota) and Adnan Haydar (University of Arkansas) for their transation of Adonis’s Mihyar of […]
Beyond Prurience
My interest in Arabic literature follows my interest in all literature: it’s artistic, it’s sympathetic, it’s aesthetic. My ideal book could be Sonallah Ibrahim’s (Egyptian) Stealth, could be W.G. Sebald’s […]
Eid Mubarak, Eid Sayeed
Naguib Mahfouz’s Eid al-Adha reminiscences.