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Opens September 30.
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Pioneer Translator Roger Allen on a Text He’s Been Working with for the Last 50 Years
Roger Allen retired in 2011 from his position as the Sascha Jane Patterson Harvie Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, where he served for forty-three years as Professor of Arabic […]
Library of Arabic Literature’s ‘Paperback Launch’ to Feature Amitav Ghosh, Elias Khoury, Sinan Antoon
“In less than a month, the Library of Arabic Literature (LAL) will launch its first four English-only paperback volumes.”
Algerian Noveliest Boualem Sansal’s ‘2084’ Makes Both Goncourt, Renaudot Longlists
2084 takes place 100 years after 1984. It takes Big Brother and places him in the fictional kingdom of “Abistan.”
New AUC Press Bookshop Opens in Maadi
Last night marked the opening of another bookshop in Maadi, a southern suburb of Cairo.
Two Reviews of ‘Snow in Amman’
“The collection has…an unusual near-balance between men’s stories and women’s.”
‘Allaah, Allaah, Allaah’: Fall Talks at the AUC’s Center for Translation Studies
This season, all lectures will be in English.
Should Adonis Be Receiving Peace Prizes?
“This year’s winner of the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade…reportedly has refused the invitation to speak in Adonis’ honor on November 20 in Osnabrück.”
Homosexuality and the Arabic Novel: The Triumph of Mockery
“Chreiteh…takes not just the license to portray a gay character as fully rounded, but to mock her two leads as one would mock oneself.”