Golan Haji’s ‘The Same Silence’
A spider thread / fastens your heart / to the book of flesh.
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Upcoming Events: ‘Against Disappearance,’ ‘Ancient Egyptian and Premodern Arab Poetics’, Arabic in Academic Publishing, More
A few of upcoming online events: March 8 A discussion on Reading Children’s Literature in Translation with @RuthAhmedzai and @HelenWangLondon. Sign up through Event Brite. March 9 Shubbak’s “Against Disappearance,” with writer and historian […]
Rula Jurdi Abisaab Wins Khayrallah Prize for Her Novel ‘Camera Obscura’
The Khayrallah Center yesterday announce that the 2020 Khayrallah Prize had been awarded to two artists: novelist Rula Jurdi Abisaab and filmmaker Zayn Alexander.
International Prize for Arabic Fiction Announces 2021 Longlist Dominated by North African Writers
Organizers also noted that “crime novels also have a strong presence on the list this year, with narratives exploring crimes committed against the backdrop and aftermath of wars and conflicts.”
Born on This Day: 9 Poems by Fadwa Tuqan
Palestinian poet and memoirist Fadwa Tuqan (1917-2003) — whose acclaimed autobiography, A Mountainous Journey, was translated to English by Olive E. Kenny and Naomi Shihab Nye — was born on this day in 1917.
Upcoming Events: ‘Type Design and Intellectual Rights,’ Palestine Writes Cultural Spotlight, More
A few online events coming in the next week.
Announcing: ‘Middle Eastern Literatures’
“Our role is to nurture ambitious and innovative scholarship, and we are committed to completing peer review within three months or less.”
Publication Day: Ramy al-Asheq’s ‘My Heart Became a Bomb’
“We knew the hole that was in the back of the head / would try to swallow up whatever we threw behind us / like a vacuum cleaner”
Upcoming Events: Translating Colloquial Poetry, Launching ‘Book of Ramallah’, Najwan Darwish Reading, More
A selection of online events from the coming week.