‘Silence for the Sake of Gaza’
The phrase “silence for the sake of Gaza” comes from Mahmoud Darwish’s Journal of an Ordinary Grief, as translated by Ibrahim Muhawi. We are pausing publication this week to focus our attention, […]
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Posts by Marcia Lynx Qualey:
Discover LEILA’s List of Arabic Books Recommended for Translation
For the past three years, a small European team has been working on a project called LEILA, founded with the aim of promoting the translation and dissemination of new Arab […]
Sunday Submissions: Malinda A. Markham Translation Prize for Women Translators of Women Poets
The Malinda A Markham Translation Prize — which honors the life and work of poet and translator Malinda A. Markham — is open to submissions through the end of October. […]
Egyptian Author Kamal Ruhayyim, Known for His Trilogy About Egypt’s Jews, Dies at 76
Egyptian novelist Kamal Ruhayyim died late last month, a few days after publisher Dar al-Shorouk brought out his latest novel, وكسة الشاويش. He was 76. Born in Egypt in 1947, […]
Lit & Found: A Translation of Wael Kadour’s Short Play, ‘Up There’
The 2023 issue of Arab Stages includes a translation of Syrian playwright Wael Kadour’s short play Up There, a play based on the testimonies of former detainees in Syria, and […]
Authors vs. Editors: A Dialogue on the Challenges And Beauties of Editing Arabic Literary Works
By Essayed Taha In 2014, when the late Mourid Barghouti was chair of the panel of judges for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction, he used his awards-ceremony speech to […]
Remembering a Giant: 5 by Khaled Khalifa
On September 30, 2023, Syrian novelist and screenwriter Khaled Khalifa died suddenly, reportedly of cardiac arrest, at age 59. Khalifa — one of the towering and beloved literary voices of […]
New Books in October: An Egyptian Prison Novel, a Lebanese Comic, & More
Book publication dates shift, and thus we are supplementing the annual list of forthcoming literature in translation with monthly lists, which we hope are more accurate. If you know of […]
Writers, Readers Grieve Syrian Novelist Khaled Khalifa (1964-2023)
Shock and grief met news of the passing of beloved, award-winning Syrian novelist Khaled Khalifa, a fierce critic of injustice, keen-eyed polemicist, gifted novelist, avid cook, and warm human being. […]