Egyptian novelist Khaled al-Khamissi recently answered questions for students at the AUC’s Center for Arabic Study Abroad (CASA) program. Elisabeth Jaquette transcribed and translated his comments on writing, on the style of Taxi, and on the role of colloquial Arabic in literature.
If you’re in Cairo on Wednesday, April 10, come here the University of Manchester’s Mona Baker speak about “Translation as an Alternative Space for Political Action.”
I came across this video on YouTube, from twenty-one-year-old author Aliaa El-Nashar, who writes in English, and reads in English, but explains why she was suddenly struck by author Khairy […]
The UT Austin has managed to attract Hoda Barakat as the inaugural scholar for the Department of Middle Eastern Studies’ new Arabic Scholar in Residence program for fall 2013.
After a two-year hiatus, the Alexandria International Book Fair is back for its ninth edition: The fair, organized by the Bibliotheca Alexandrina and the Egyptian Publishers Association, opened on March […]
Banipal 46 has gone to press, and will soon be available to subscribers. The issue features excerpts from the six novels shortlisted for this year’s International Prize for Arabic Fiction, […]
Sarah Irving has been following events at Reel Iraq festival and was at the “Found in Translation” night of Scottish and Iraqi poets: By Sarah Irving Reel Iraq’s lineup over […]
From the Egypt Independent: In Hassan Blasim’s “The Song of the Goats,” hundreds of Iraqis “were waiting in queues to tell their stories. The police intervened to marshal the crowd, and […]
The ‘Iraq + 100’ or ‘العراق 2103′ project continues to gain steam as it moves toward the initial June 1 deadline. On the eve of Iraq + 10, ArabLit exchanged a few […]
