Syrian Playwright Riad Ismat, 73
Syrian theatre artist Riad Ismat died earlier this month after contracting COVID-19 in Chicago, where he was part of Northwestern’s “Scholars at Risk” program. He was 73.
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“What is astonishing here is how she manages to give weariness its own relentless energy.”
Arabic Translation Challenge #2: ‘Do Not Scold Me!’
“Cure me rather with the cause of my ill…”
Sunday Submissions: ‘Calling All Female Arab Writers’
The deadline is August 15, 2020.
‘Every Father Kills his Son’
“A life of pain / For that, dad, thanks! /No son had I / To say, Life stanks!” – Results from our first challenge.
Arabic Publishing and the Covid-19 Pandemic
“This is the ultimate test for ebooks and audiobooks.”
Available Now: A Translation of Tayeb Salih’s ‘Mansi, A Rare Man in His Own Way’
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5 International & Arabic Literary Events Going Online in 2020
Salone Internazionale del Libro di Torino EXTRA promises to be “the first International Book Fair to go live at home.”
Weekly Arabic Translation Challenge: The Crime of al-Ma’arri’s Father
هذا جَنَاهُ أبي عليَّ وَمَا جَنَيتُ عَلَى أَحَدِ