“Set in the 1930s, Sharqawi’s novel was first published as al-Ard in 1954 – two years after the Egyptian revolution – and appeared in Desmond Stewart’s excellent translation in 1962. It has also been translated into French, Russian and other languages….”
“She is one of the strongest women’s voices of Algerian literature on matters of women’s rights and who openly discussed issues of rape and violence against of women.”
This day of blogging, in organizers’ words, is “to offer a writer who’s been sentenced to jail for two years the chance to get out of prison, but also to ensure that he is the last person imprisoned for his writings.”
“Your reason for translating this particular poem….”
“Excerpts of Naji’s novel in the original Arabic, as well as French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Turkish, Slovenian, German, and Finnish.”
“The readings aim to show solidarity with Ahmed and to raise awareness about his current situation and that of writers and journalists across Egypt.”
“History does not say who we are by itself—we make it say that. Historical events are the clay that we shape according what we need, think, and believe.”
Arab and Arabic literary events in some form of translation.
“They have every Arabic book you can dream of.”
