They came away until they came
to water, wearied
while overhead the sun searched for a needle
to reattach them to the shadows.
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Lebanese
Kareem James Abu-Zeid’s Translation of Jaber’s ‘Confessions’ Makes 2017 PEN Shortlist
The book, which deserves much more attention than it’s gotten thus far, is up against stiff competition.
Mazen Kerbaj To Serialize New Graphic Novel in a Lebanese Newspaper
“The subject? Beirut, Antoine Kerbage, Mohammad el Maghout, theatre, the 70’s, an unpublished manuscript, the arabs, the golden age of Lebanese artistic scene, all mixed with some autobiography (because otherwise it wont be fun).”
Jana Elhassan’s ‘The Ninety-ninth Floor’: Between a Very Real Lebanon and an Imaginary NYC
Lebanese novelist Jana Elhassan found both her second and third novels on the shortlist for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF). Her third, The Ninety-ninth Floor, was translated to English by Michelle Hartman and published by Interlink last month: Also last… Read More ›
2 Arabic Novels Make Diverse PEN Translation Prize Longlist for 2017
“On the PEN poetry longlist, also announced yesterday, a collection of work by Moroccan writer Abdellatif Laâbi also made that ten-book list. “
‘Limbo Beirut’: A Don’t-miss Illustrated Novel of Contemporary Limbos, Beiruts
“Limbo Beirut″ is a demand that the reader ″balance in the uneasy space between being a voyeur and a participant, gratifying our desire to get inside the head of that stranger we meet on the street…but on the other hand surprising us with the fact that you can never just be a witness, that you′re always going to somehow become involved in the other′s life, whether you mean to or not.″
Sayed Elsisi’s Book ‘Post Prose Poem’ Reportedly Banned in Lebanon
“I cannot really imagine how such academic book can be that dangerous because of examining the erotic experience in the modern Arabic poetry?”
Yasmina Jraissati on Six New Must-Translate Arabic Novels
Among the authors on Jraissati’s fall list, only Dima Wannous doesn’t have a book in English translation.
‘Hello, Khareef!’ Short Readings from Beirut
“Seven of the writers read in English and one in Arabic: Mishka Mourani, Jehan Bseiso, Reem Rashash Shaaban, Marina Chamma, Kathy Shalhoub, Doyle Avant, Mohamad Shami, and Rewa Zeinati.”
Rabih Alameddine’s ‘Angel of History’: Corny and Glorious
“You’re welcome, oppressed women everywhere.”
Review: Alawiya Sobh’s Feminist Frisson in ‘Maryam, Keeper of Stories’
“If there were a light inside my belly and I could look up my hole, I would check for you if it’s a boy or a girl and let you know!”
Selections from 3 Poems by Today’s Google Doodled Poet, Translator, and ‘Shi’r’ Co-founder Ounsi el-Hajj
“Help me
Let there be in me all poets
Because the charge is greater than my two hands”
