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“Whatever else, the language” — and how it binds up the ways we see or don’t see those people we call “refugees” — “needs to change.”

“In his role as secretary general, Shousha has been critical of what he considers to be a decline in the quality of Arabic in Egypt, a problem he attributes to radio and television announcers, poor teaching standards and the lack of libraries in schools. Shousha has described the problem as ‘an issue of national security.'”

Six different Ramadans from genres, countries, and periods:  1) “Ramadan,” a poem by Khaled Mattawa on  Web Del Sol. Of Ramadan’s spent in Libya when The spirits/ of Johnny Walker and gin/ hide in […]

Every Friday, ArabLit suggests a new classic film-book combination — for you to watch and read — until we run out of steam about 20 weeks in: This week, it’s the 1965 […]

“Tandem promises an intensive one-year international exchange and EUR 5,000 start-up money for an initial project.”

A global calendar of Arab and Arabic literary events in some form of translation.

Perhaps that’s why Men’s Journal listed it atop its “8 Best Books of May.” Who knows?

“He is the second invited participant to the festival to be denied entry after poet Inua Ellams was denied a visa by the Israeli embassy in London.”