2023 ‘Palestine Writes’ Festival Set for September 22-24 in Philadelphia, USA
Organizers have announced that tickets are now available for the second “Palestine Writes” festival, set for September 22-24, 2023, in Philadelphia.
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Sunday Submissions: AKO Caine Prize for African Writing
Submissions for the AKO Caine Prize for African Writing (for short stories) are open until the 26th January.
Joint Winners for This Year’s Banipal Translation Prize: Humphrey Davies and Robin Moger
Judges today announced joint winners of the 2022 Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation: the late Humphrey Davies, for his translation of Hamdi Abu Golayyel’s The Men Who Swallowed the Sun and Robin Moger, for his translation of Mohamed Kheir’s Slipping.
Shady Lewis Wins and Turns Down a Sawiris Cultural Award for His Novel ‘A Brief History of Genesis and Eastern Cairo’
Egyptian writer Shady Lewis, who lives in London, won and turned down a Sawiris Cultural Award over the weekend, igniting a firestorm of commentary online.
Sunday Submissions: NEA Translation Projects and Arabpop #4
Through fellowships to published translators, the National Endowment for the Arts supports projects for the translation of specific works of prose, poetry, or drama from other languages into English.
ArabPop has also opened calls for its fourth issue – the theme is ‘bayt’, or home.
Egyptian Dramatist, Poet, and the ‘Sheikh of Arab Translators’ Mohamed Enani Dies at the Cusp of 84
Cairo University Professor Mohamed Enani, also known as the “Sheikh of Arab translators,” passed away on Tuesday January 3, 2023 — just one day ahead of his 84th birthday.
Sunday Submissions: Mophradat Writing Sabbaticals
Mophradat is supporting emerging creative writers from the Arab world with funded writing sabbaticals.
Sunday Submissions: Deep Vellum Best Literary Translations Anthology 2024
Dallas-based non-profit publishing house Deep Vellum is accepting nominations for the inaugural edition of an exciting new anthology initiative: The Best Literary Translations 2024.
Fatma Qandil’s ‘Empty Cages’ Wins 2022 Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature
Qandil, who dedicated the award to Arab women writers, said that winning this prize proves that her long journey with writing “was not in vain.”