Forthcoming this Spring from AUC Press
The American University in Cairo (AUC) Press has released its Spring 2011 catalog, with a cover celebrating the Tahrir revolution. There are several interesting new fictional titles on tap:
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Whither Censorship in Qatar?
Qatar seemed to be moving in two directions this weekend: A blogger and conservative human-rights activist, Sultan al-Khalaifi, was arrested by Qatari security forces and being kept incommunicado, according to Amnesty International. Meanwhile, the country’s main English-language paper, The Peninsula, published—and felt at liberty to publish—strong and specific criticism of the country’s media in “A crippled fourth estate.”
The Bilingual, Collaborative ‘Palestine: The Graphic Novel’ (No, Not the One by Joe Sacco)
Thus, Palestine: The Graphic Novel was born. The Jordan-based project has since brought together writers, poets, illustrators, colorists, letterers and artists in the service of the bilingual graphic novel.
Friday Links: Political Dissent in Arabic Literature, New (Revolutionary) Poetry in Translation, More
If you’re in Cambridge: Voices of Political Dissent in Arabic Literature If you’re near Harvard on the afternoon of March 9, do stop by their Weil Hall to hear William […]
Yahoo! Maktoob Says Egyptians, Bahrainis and Moroccans ‘Best Readers’; Saudis Like Their Romance Novels
I don’t know what sort of methodology Yahoo! Maktoob used in their survey about Arab reading habits. Their website seems to indicate—understandably—that they conduct surveys online. The press release does at least note that “The survey polled 3,503 people in Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen.”
Why ‘Iraq Literary Review’?
This is what editor Sadek R. Mohamed asks in his introduction to the new magazine, and endeavors to answer.
Who Will You Find in ‘Banipal 40: Libyan Fiction’?
Banipal 39 featured “Modern Tunisian Literature” and 40 will showcase “Libyan Fiction.” If there had been a 39 1/2 on young Egyptian authors, I’d have suspected that editor Samuel Shimon had a really good set of voodoo dolls over there at 1 Gough Square.
Magdy al-Shafee Has New Illustrated Nonfiction (for the Revolution) on WWB
Apparently, Magdy al-Shafee put together a short illustrated tract on the revolution that he made available in Tahrir.
Egypt’s Minister of Culture Merry-go-round
After 25 years of Farouk Hosni, Egypt had less than a fortnight of its latest Minister of Culture, Gaber Asfour.