Sunday Submissions: The Markaz Review
The Gulf Coast Prize in Translation and The Markaz Review are open for submissions through August 31, 2021.
News
Launching: A Reorganization of ArabLit
ArabLit still aims to be an open platform that welcomes all those who are interested in Arabic Literature and translation.
16 Books from 6 Countries Make Etisalat Award for Arabic Children’s Literature Shortlists
It was a particular triumph for the Egyptian publishing house Alia Publishing and Distribution, which had a total of four books on the shortlists.
Novelist Laila Al-Atrash Dies at 73
Acclaimed Palestinian-Jordanian author Laila al-Atrash, also a TV presenter and reading advocate, died on Sunday, October 17 at 73, according to multiple media reports.
Sunday Submissions: Goethe-Institut Lebanon Support Fund
The Goethe-Institut in Lebanon is calling for applications for their 2021 Support Fund.
Winner of 2021 ArabLit Story Prize Goes to ‘Fresh, Disquieting Translation’ of ‘Compelling and Haunting Tale’
Judge Leri Price said: “Absurd, grotesque, and unsettling, [this story] stays with you, ready at any moment to make solid ground feel that little more unstable beneath your feet.”
Sunday Submissions: Global Africa Translation Fellowship & Shakomako.net
The Africa Institute is open for applications for their Global Africa Translation Fellowship until October 15. Also open for submissions is digital magazine shakomako.net for their third issue on ‘Roots’, through October 16.
Samar Yazbek, Translator Leri Price Shortlisted for National Book Award for ‘Planet of Clay’
Author Samar Yazbek and translator Leri Price have made the five-book shortlist of the 2021 National Book Award in the “Translated Literature” category.
AUC Press, AMCA, Barjeel Announce New Jabra Ibrahim Jabra Manuscript Award
The award, named for Palestinian artist and author Jabra Ibrahim Jabra, is to be presented to “the best scholarly manuscript in the area of the contemporary and modern art history of the Arab world, Iran, and Turkey.”