Alawiya Sobh’s ‘Maryam: Keeper of Stories’ Makes Inaugural EBRD Literature Prize Shortlist
“The three final finalists are set to be announced in early March 2018.”
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Ahlam Bsharat’s ‘Code Name: Butterfly’ Chosen as 2018 Read for ‘One Book, Many Communities’ Project
The hashtag for the campaign is: #lap1book.
A Story by Huzama Habayeb: ‘A (Somewhat) Realistic Dream’
“Cursed are those who indulge in idealizing the moment when the sun lights up the horizon!”
Is there ‘Too Much Balance’ in the International Prize for Arabic Fiction? Where Authors Are from, Year by Year
CORRECTION: The 2008 longlist is not on the International Prize for Arabic Fiction website (English, Arabic) and was, I’m told, sent to journalists after the shortlist was released in 2008.
However, a journalist-novelist has now sent along a copy of the 2008 longlist.
Court Jesters and Black Mirrors: Translator Alex Elinson on Bringing Moroccan Literature into English
“The words that I fear more than anything when I’m talking to someone in Arabic is, ‘I have a joke.’ They’ll tell the joke, I’ll understand all the words, and I won’t react. Then they’ll tell it again. I’ll understand it, but I still won’t laugh. Humor is a minefield!”
Why Djamila Morani’s ‘The Djinn’s Apple’ Should Be on the IPAF Longlist, Not Amin Zaoui
“Today, the headlines of the parallel dimension from which I write are overflowing with the news that IPAF has longlisted Djamila Morani’s gripping novella ‘Tuffa7 al-djinn’ (‘The Djinn’s Apple’).”
Sunday Submissions: ‘Cagibi’ Magazine, Deadline January 23
“Include the original text if possible, as well as a short biography of the writer, a short biography of the translator, and a statement or concise paragraph introducing the work.”
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ArabLit in Australia: A Conversation with Amal Awad
“There is just too much emphasis on women as barometers for society.”