A Conversation with Palestine Book Award-winning Poet Mosab Abu Toha
“Wordsworth talks about tranquility, but in Gaza there is no such sense of tranquility. You recollect these things in troubled times, in anxiety.”
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Sheikh Zayed Book Award Announces Longlists in Literature, Children’s Literature, and Emerging Author Categories
The Sheikh Zayed Book Award today announced their 2023 longlists in three key categories: “Literature,” “Children’s Literature,” and “Emerging Author.”
Ahmad M. Ahmad on Translating Nathalie Handal into Arabic
“The biggest difference is Nathalie’s poetic techniques are unfamiliar in Arabic. As a translator, I have tried to communicate these techniques faithfully, to preserve the poet’s tone and breath, to preserve the fine, close thread that connects the technique to the essence of the poem.”
Nathalie Handal on Her First Writing Assignment from Mahmoud Darwish, Her New Collection, and the Role of Translation
“Every language carries a world, so a translated work will inevitably experience a transformation. That can be magical. And if you are lucky enough to have a skilled translator, their art will extend the body of your poems.”
New Fiction by Ameer Hamad: ‘All That’s Left to Him’
“There, an angel revealed itself, taking the shape of an image he’d seen in a storybook, when he was younger, back when his mother read him stories about angels.”
Lit & Found: Mona Kareem’s ‘Quarantine,’ Tr. Sara Elkamel
I write down the title, and the author’s name. I avoid writing my own name until I have successfully completed the procedure. If I fail, I leave the body open on the table, its heart still beating, and scurry out of the room.
New Fiction by Basma El-Nsour: ‘The Scorpion’
By Basma El-Nsour Translated by I. Rida Mahmood and Marcia Lynx Qualey He squirmed a bit, feeling heavy all over, and opened his eyes. They were full of wrath, and […]
Etisalat Award for Arabic Children’s Literature Announces 2022 Winners
The winner in the Young Adult category was Palestinian author Anas Abu Rahma’s I’ll Start Now, Can You Hear Me?, which was illustrated by Lubna Taha and published by Dinason Books.
Najwan Darwish and Kareem James Abu-Zeid Win 2022 Sarah Maguire Prize
“In its direct, stripped-back lines, the collection demonstrates both the limits and the necessity of language, inviting us to ask, together, how we can move through and beyond suffering.”