Two novels, a book of poetry,one memoir, and a photography book — all of which have Toronto as a focus — have made it to the 2013 Toronto Book Awards shortlist. One of them is Aden-born Kamal al-Solaylee’s “Intolerable: A Memoir of Extremes.”
Includes work by Murtadha Gzar, Ibrahim Aslan, Hamdy al-Gazzar, Mahmoud Darwish, and Iman Mersal.
Sarah Irving isn’t sure why you wouldn’t be joining her in Edinburgh.
In celebration of Eid, a brief excerpt from Mahmoud Darwish’s “Journal of an Ordinary Grief,” trans. Ibrahim Muhawi, published by Archipelago.
Mohammad Saber Arab has spent more time sitting in the culture-minister hot seat than anyone else since January 2011. How has the professor of modern Arab history maintained his seat, and what’s his vision for the Egyptian cultural scene? He was recently interviewed by Ahram Weekly.
Archipelago Books has announced that Elias Khoury’s latest novel, his International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF)-longlisted Sinalcol, will be forthcoming in the spring of 2015.
I am particularly enjoying the new Beirut-based publication “Portal 9.”
The Middle East Monitor has announced the shortlist for the organization’s 2013 MEMO Palestine Book Awards, which seeks to honour and promote the best books written in English on the subject of Palestine.
Actress and playwright Najla Said — daughter of world-renowned critic and theorist Edward Said — is launching a new memoir. The book, Looking for Palestine, was adapted in part from Said’s one-woman show, “Palestine,” which debuted off-Broadway in the summer of 2010.
