Words Without Borders, along with translating excellent literature into English and presenting it free online, also puts out a quarterly tip sheet about WWB writers who they believe “can be […]
Kirkuk was recently named the Iraqi capital of culture for 2010, according to Aswat Al Iraq. Generally I don’t follow these “capital of X” designations (Beirut is the capital of […]
At the Abu Dhabi Book Fair this March, one of the sessions (Agents–How They Operate, How to Cooperate) addressed the paucity of Arab literary agents. According to Chad Post, presenters […]
The most interesting things I’ve overheard from the Beirut39 festival (and it’s hard to overhear what’s going on in Beirut from Cairo—noisy here) have been about how young writers choose […]
Sorry: As a recovering journalist, I find these dramatic headlines about the death of Arabic, touch typing, Cape Cod radio, bookstores, and so on irresistible. Osama Diab at Business Today […]
In what Haaretz calls an “unprecedented ruling,” Israeli Arab author Ala Hlehel will be allowed to visit Beirut for the Beirut39 festival (celebrating 39 Arab writers under 40). Israeli citizens […]
First: Comics and video artist Barrack Rima will be giving a public lecture on comics this Tuesday at 5pm at the Lebanese American University (LAU) in LRC 21. From the […]
If you’re in NYC, go on and respondez sil vouz plait. This should be interesting: Tahar Ben Jelloun “Leaving Tangiers: Exile & Migration in the Modern Moroccan Novel”* Thursday, April […]
Child narrators are a popular (and old) fictional device: Joyce’s Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man, Twain’s The Adventures of Huck Finn. They can critique society in ways […]
