The project, organizers write, not only has the aim of celebrating multilingualism, but also of increasing "Londoners’ knowledge of and accessibility to literatures from the Global South, and in languages other than English."
New Library-recommendation Project: 10 from Melanie Magidow
Following a brief hiatus, we're back with the seventh in a list of 10 for public libraries. This one is from Melanie Magidow, translator, editor, educator, and one of the co-hosts of the Goodreads MENA book group.
New Library-recommendation Project: 10 from Youssef Rakha
"Our sixth list of 10 for public libraries comes from genre-confusing, language-crossing, and word-bending author Youssef Rakha."
New Library-recommendation Project: 10 from Hosam Aboul-Ela
"Aboul-Ela adds, as a caveat to his list, that were they still in print, he would also have: Sonallah Ibrahim's Zaat, Abdallah Laroui's The Crisis of the Arab Intellectual, and Fadwa Tuqan's A Mountainous Journey."
New Library-recommendation Project: 10 from Marilyn Hacker
Our third list of 10 for public libraries -- thankfully poetry-heavy -- comes from celebrated poet-translator Marilyn Hacker.
New Library-recommendation Project: 10 from Amanda Hannoosh Steinberg
For these lists-of-ten, ArabLit is interviewing scholars, critics, and translators, and other bibliocentrics about the Arabic Literature in translation they would recommend for US’s public libraries.
How Japanese Children’s Books Came to Mosul
They still need books, he said, particularly, "Science, architecture, arts, humanities, literature, knowledge, and children's books."
How to Donate to the ‘Library in Gaza’ Project
According to AFP, mail service was restored in December.
On Palestinian Libraries
They spoke about the particular issues encountered by Palestinian libraries and librarians, what they are doing to address those problems, and what the international library community can do to help.
Emirates Literature Foundation to Offer ‘School Librarian of the Year’ Award
Instead of a simple check, each winning librarian will receive "a trip to the Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter, flights and accommodation for four people, plus a visit to the British library, among other great prizes."
Fantastically Successful Kickstarter for an Arts Library in Baghdad
The Kickstarter campaign "One Hundred Sixty-Eight Hours and One Second," launched by Iraqi artist Wafaa Bilal to raise money for the library at the University of Baghdad's College of Fine Arts, has fourteen days remaining. But it already has exceeded its modest $9,000 goal by more than $28,000.
Librarian David Hirsch: Roaming the Middle East for Printed Matter
"It takes time," he said. "You can’t just open a funnel, you can’t just click on Amazon. It’s not quick and dirty."
