Sunday Submissions: PEN / Heim Translation Fund Grants
Applications for the PEN / Heim Translation Fund Grant 2024 cycle will open on April 1st 2023.
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Sunday Submissions: On the Margins of Shi‘r: Rethinking Histories of Poetic Modernism in the Twentieth-century Arab World
Middle Eastern Literatures has opened its call for submissions for its special issue on ‘Rethinking Histories of Poetic Modernism in the Twentieth-century Arab World’.
A Talk with Hamdi Abu Golayyel: On Bringing Bedouin Language & Culture Out of the Shadows
“I’m a writer without a cause; I don’t resist injustice or oppression for example, and I believe that it’s not the burden of the novel, but that the novel is supposed to delight and entertain. Sometimes, though, I feel responsible for the Bedouins, since if I hadn’t written about them—including myself—we would have remained in the shadows.”
Sudanese Writer Reem Gaafar Makes 2023 Island Prize Longlist
Organizers have announced the longlist for the 2023 Island Prize for a Debut Novel from Africa.
Najwa Barakat’s ‘Mister N’ Shortlisted for 2023 EBRD Literature Prize
Today, organizers announced the ten-book shortlist of translated literature for the 2023 EBRD Literature Prize.
Iman Mersal & Robyn Creswell Make 2023 Griffin Poetry Prize Longlist with ‘The Threshold’
Organizers of the Griffin Poetry Prize — one of the world’s biggest international poetry prizes — have announced this year’s ten-book longlist. Among them was Egyptian poet Iman Mersal’s The Threshold, beautifully translated by Robyn Creswell.
Sunday Submissions: The Markaz Review ‘Doha’ Issue
The Markaz Review has opened its calls for its ‘Doha’ issue.
Sheikh Zayed Book Award Announces Literature, Young Author Shortlists
The Sheikh Zayed Book Award today announced their shortlists in three categories, including “literature” and “young author.”
Egyptian Poet Galal El-Behairy Starts Hunger Strike
March 5 marked five years since the arrest of Egyptian poet Galal El-Behairy, and yesterday the poet launched a hunger strike, as his supporters said, “to get out of prison alive, or not alive.”