Yasmine Seale Wins 2022 PEN Grant to Translate al-Nabulsi
Translator and author Yasmine Seale has won a 2022 PEN America Literary Grant to support her translation of If You See Them Fall to Earth by Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi (1641-1731).
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Samar Yazbek’s ‘Planet of Clay,’ tr. Leri Price, Longlisted for National Book Award
Author Samar Yazbek and translator Leri Price have been longlisted for the 2021 National Book Award in the “Translated Literature” category.
Sunday Submissions: Cullman Center Fellowship
Application is now open for the 2022-2023 Cullman Center Fellowship at NY Public Library until September 23.
Eight Novels Chosen as Finalists for 2021 Prix de La Littérature Arabe
The prize, created in 2013 by the Jean-Luc Lagardère Foundation and the Arab World Institute, is now in its ninth year. This year’s prize features a wide range of books from Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Algeria, Mauritania, Oman, and Palestine.
Publication Day: ‘Best of Delectable Foods and Dishes from al-Andalus and al-Maghrib,’ a 13th-century Cookbook
“To introduce readers to the wonders of cooking and foodways in al-Andalus and the Maghreb, the translated text is supplemented with an extensive introduction and glossary, illustrated throughout with 218 color miniatures and artifacts, with 24 modernized recipes to give readers a taste of the cuisine.”
Sunday Submissions: Khayrallah Prize
The Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies is calling for submissions to their 2021 Khayrallah Prize until October 1, 2021.
Translations of 3 Maghrebi Works Longlisted for 2021 NTA Poetry Awards
utstanding Maghrebi collections have made the twelve-book longlist for the 2021 National Translation Award in Poetry.
Sunday Submissions: BAHR Magazine
BAHR Magazine is open for submissions through September 1, 2021.
Sunday Submissions: Kohl Journal & Etisalat Award for Arabic Children’s Literature
Kohl Journal and the Etisalat Award for Arabic Children’s Literature are open for submissions.