“What makes translations a must? Where does this blind faith in translation come from? Doesn’t translation act also as unconditional access, as surveillance, as an expanding force of the global capitalist market of literature?”
Seagull Books describes the novel as an exploration of Palestinian identity “in the hope of transcending the loss of territory and erasure of history.”
“So when I wrote this novel it was like Odysseus returning to Ithaca. Yes, through writing the novel I returned to myself, and I think I am better as a result.”
The magazine’s seventy-second issue features short stories, novel excerpts, and poems by 17 authors of Iraqi descent, guest-edited by Yehouda Shenhav-Shahrabani and Yuval Evri.
“In his gastronomic poems, Kushājim not only details the preparation methods and ingredients needed for certain dishes but also the impact that their elegant presentation has on the banquet guests.”
Later this month, UEA Publishing Project will release Mo(a)t: Stories from Arabic, an anthology of short fiction by Arabophone writers from the African diaspora, edited by Garen Torikian and translated by Sawad Hussain and Nariman Youssef.
“Three recent panels on Arabic literature and translation have appeared on YouTube.”
It’s available for download at wheretomarie.net.
You can read Naga’s introductory essay, “Who Writes the Arabian Gulf?”, as well as other pieces from the portfolio, at The Common website.
