Sunday Submissions: NEA Translation Fellowships
Proposed projects — which can be supported with $12,500 or $25,000 grants — “should be of interest for its literary excellence and value.”
News
On Telling ‘A Story the World Has a Hard Time Hearing’
“These are giants in our part of the world,” Abulhawa said. “But here they’re unknown.”
12 Reads: Looking for the Great Arabic Cat Story
We are in the process of hunting down Arabic cat stories, cat tales, cat anecdotes, cat poetry, The Great Cairo Cat Novel, and other feline literary productions in Arabic.
Next Month: ‘Politics Through the Looking Glass’
“Has the personal lived experience become the only source for forging new meaning in the collapse of patriarchy?”
Ibtisam Azem’s ‘The Book of Disappearance’
Why have the Palestinians disappeared once again?
Organizers Announce ‘Hay Festival Abu Dhabi’
“In Abu Dhabi, the festival will host internationally acclaimed authors and thinkers including Nobel Laureates Ahmed Galai and Shirin Ebadi, Lebanese novelist Hoda Barakat, winner of the 2019 International Prize for Arabic Fiction, and writers Adonis, Jokha Alharthi, Muhammed Hasan Alwan, Tishani Doshi, and many more.”
ArabLit Quarterly’s Winter/Spring 2019 Issue Wins ‘Broken Pencil’ Award
Founded in 2017, the BP Zine Award celebrates excellence in the world of independent magazines, with the goal of raising “awareness of the possibilities of independent zine publishing.”
Shortlist for 2019 ArabLit Story Prize
After a good deal of debate, the judges of the 2019 ArabLit Story Prize settled on a four-story shortlist, with works by Mahmoud Hosny, Najwa Bin Shatwan, Mohamed Al-Ashry, and Samar Nour.
An Excerpt of Sherif Abdel Samad’s ‘Chekhov and the Lady with the Chihuahua’
“Chekhov eventually travels with the sisters to Cairo, where demonstrations against the Khedive are taking place, and where he finds himself embroiled in mayhem.”