For Kids: Dina Elabd’s ‘Arabic Book a Month’ Club
“Children now are lucky as there is finally a wave of quality Arabic children’s literature. Connecting families to these materials was exactly what I needed growing up, though I didn’t know it then.”
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Sunday Submissions: ‘Takwin’: Magazine of Islamicate Science Fiction
“The magazine will be published online, with the first issue set to appear January 1, 2019.”
Review: Taleb Elrefai’s ‘Outclassed in Kuwait’
“No Arab writer ever makes that kind of money,” he says. Alrefai’s wife Shoroq also urges him to take payment. “What about our financial problems? My love, please forget about those wretched communist principles you believe in this one time.”
Roger Allen to Translate Collection of ‘Lost’ Mahfouz Stories
Saqi Books announced today that they will publish the as-yet-untitled collection, in Roger Allen’s translation, in autumn 2019.
Coming Next Month: The Lost Collection of Mahfouz Stories
They are set to come out on December 11, Mahfouz’s birthday, which also falls during the 2018 Beirut Arab Book Fair. Dar al-Saqi will publish the collection under the title chosen by Mahfouz’s daughter, “همس النجوم” (The Whisper of Stars).
Sahar Abdallah: On Illustrating Darwish’s ‘Think of Others’ for Kids
“We are still working on the third poem by Darwish, and I’m eager that Tanmia should continue on this path of introducing poetry to children and young adults.”
Shahad al-Rawi’s ‘The Baghdad Clock’ Wins Edinburgh Award
“The book was chosen — by popular vote — from among the 49 debut novels and short-story collections eligible for the 2018 prize.”
‘Murder at Algiers’ Book Fair’
“People were gathered outside in a compact crowd, elbowing each other, but politely because this is first and foremost a cultural event.”
Mosaic Rooms: 10 Books to Celebrate 10 Years
To celebrate The Mosaic Rooms’ 10th, the Mosaic team shared 10 books from their 10 years of events, exhibitions, lectures, and films.