Translate This Book!
Let me enthuse, for a moment, about this new feature on Quarterly Conversation. Of course, I am a sometimes-contributor to QC, so not completely pure in my applause, but you […]
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Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature to Khalil Sweileh
The award–a silver medal and cash prize–has been presented each year since 1996. The medal’s presented on December 11, Mahfouz’s birthday. Tonight, it’s to be delivered by Prof. Rasheed el-Enany. […]
Christmas Gifts? Recommended Iraqi Literature, New in English 2008-09
The Last of the Angels, Fadhil al Azzawi, Free Press, 2008 This book, by al-Azzawi, is full of appealing, over-the-top black comedy as well as those moments when comedy no […]
‘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 […]
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 […]