Emerging Writers: Apply for ‘Beirut Short Stories’ 2016
“The application deadline is January 1, 2016.”
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‘Beirut Noir’: Chronicling Life in the Corrupt City
“None of the stories has the linguistic terseness typical of hardboiled noir. But the appeal of noir is not just its tone. It′s how we flip from seeing a corrupt world through the lens of a good-man detective to that of a self-destructive criminal or victim. For this, Beirut works at least as well as Brooklyn.”
Lebanese Novelist Alexandra Chreiteh on the Arabic Literary Landscape
“I’m really excited to see where young Arabic literature will go, especially where women will go.”
5 By and About Edwar El Kharrat, 1929-2015
“More Proust than Durrell, and I think worthy of the comparison.”
Pioneering Egyptian Novelist Edwar El Kharrat, 89
Egyptian writer Edwar El-Kharrat died today, December 1, after he slipped into a coma at a Cairo hospital yesterday: El-Kharrat, a driving force in the development of the modern Egyptian […]
Moroccan Writer and Scholar Fatema Mernissi, 75
“Writing is one of the most ancient forms of prayer. To write is to believe communication is possible that other people are good, that you can awaken their generosity and their desire to do better.”
December 2015: Global Arab and Arabic Literature Events Calendar
Arab and Arabic literary events in some form of translation.
5 Participants in International Prize for Arabic Fiction’s ‘Nadwa 2015’
“All five are aged under 45 and were identified by former IPAF as ‘ones to watch.'”
The Women of Algeria’s Folktales
“The striking element in all these tales and myths is the sheer number of women in them.”