SFF and Horror Novelist Ahmed Khaled Tawfik, ‘Pop Culture Godfather,’ Dies at 55
“Towfik’s engaging novel ‘Utopia,’ tr. Chip Rossetti, was a finalist for the 2012 Science Fiction and Fantasy Translation Awards.”
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‘Spicing Up Sci-Fi’ at London’s MFest, a Festival of Muslim Cultures and Ideas
“It will be held at the British Library on Euston Road, chaired by journalist and commentator, Faisal Al Yafai.”
RAYA Agency’s 7 New Signed Titles, Available for Translation
“A 33-year-old man, a little girl, and a stranded whale: Their fates are tied in a post-apocalyptic world. A beautiful debut novel.”
The Director of the Egyptian Society for Science Fiction on Arabic SF’s Past, Present, and Future
Our latest publication, Al-Samidoun (الصامدون) had a ratio of 14 stories by men to 9 by women, while the previous publication – Al-Muntasiroun (المنتصرون) had a radio of 16:8, an improvement. The tide is turning!
Women’s Nonfiction on Political Detention: From Iraq to Palestine
“Absent, however, were the stories and experiences of women prisoners of conscience.”
Cairo Announces Second Annual Book Fair
Still, it’s unclear whether any international publishers would be willing to come in for a second annual fair. The Amman Book Fair is already set for September 26-October 6, and the critically important Frankfurt Book Fair is October 10-14. The International Book Fair in Algiers is generally held at the end of October, with the Sharjah, Kuwait, Doha, Jeddah, and Beirut Book Fairs tightly packed in November and December.
Friday Finds: Mohammad Rabie and the Horrors of ‘Otared’
The question Rabie gets asked most often about the novel is: “Is there any hope in Otared?”
‘Frankenstein in Baghdad’ Makes 2018 Man Booker International Longlist
The shortlist of six books will be announced on April 12 at an event in London, with the winner set to be announced on May 22.
Who’s Afraid of Dead Arab Authors?
In a recent commentary for Al Araby, الترجمة باعتبارها استشراقاً, Jordanian poet and novelist Amjad Nasser writes about translation: The piece begins with an anecdote, a time when Nasser was asked to […]