Calls for Submissions: Magazines Seeking Translated Work
Translators with short pieces on your hands, or the desire to have short pieces on your hands, this is for you.
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Call for Arab Writers: UK Residency Leading to Publishing Contract
Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing (BQFP) and Delfina Foundation have creatured a joint venture to provide a residency opportunity for an emerging Arab writer.
Moroccan Writer Mohammed Zafzaf: ‘Disturbing, Intriguing, Shocking, Innovative, Challenging, Amusing,’ and More
Mbarek Syrfi, who co-translated The Monarch of the Square (2014) with Roger Allen, answers questions about Zafzaf’s importance to Moroccan literature, his style, and why he hasn’t been translated into English — but should be.
Starting Tomorrow in Beirut: ‘Writers Between Two — Or More — Cultures’
A new week-long literary festival in Beirut promises to bring together writers who sit at the crossroads of two or more cultures and interested readers.
October 2014: Global Arab and Arabic Literary Events Calendar
A global list of events that feature Arab or Arabic literature in some sort of translation.
Poet and Novelist Amjad Nasser Denied Entry for US Reading
Today, the Gallatin School of New York University inaugurates its “Gallatin Global Writers” series. It was to be kicked off by universally acclaimed Jordanian-British poet and novelist Amjad Nasser. Then he was refused entry by Homeland Security
Kamel Daoud Wins Five Continents Prize for Novel that ‘Re-writes Camus’
The “Five Continents” prize for Francophone writing goes to Algerian debut novelist Kamel Daoud for his 2013 novel Meursault, contre-enquête (Mersault, the counter-enquiry) organizers said Monday.
The Mysterious Fall and Rise of the Arabic Crime Novel
Are gentleman-thieves and murder mysteries making a comeback in Arabic popular fiction?
London’s ‘Nour Festival’: Programme Now Available
The program for London’s fifth annual “Nour Festival” is now online. The events, which focus on the Middle East, take place across Kensington and Chelsea.