Interlink Signs English Rights for Novels by Asma Al Atawna, Hammour Ziadeh
There were also two agreements to publish in English: for Asma al-Atawna’s debut coming-of-age novel, “Missing Picture,” and Hammour Ziada’s “Drowning.”
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Sunday Submissions: Culture Resource Opens to Literature, Other Arts for 2021 Production Awards
Applications are now open for the Culture Resource’s 2021 Production Awards program. Elegible artists must be from Sudan, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritania, Egypt, Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq or Yemen:
‘Hadi Badi’ Launches New Website, Reviewing Arabic Literature for Young Readers
Hadi Badi — a news and reviews site run by four Egyptian authors, translators, and child psychologists — works to “bridge the awareness gap about good Arabic children and young adult books.”
Youssouf Amine Elalamy, Nina Bouraoui Finalists for 2020 ‘Prix des cinq continents’
Books by Moroccan writer Youssouf Amine Elalamy and Algerian-French writer Nina Bouraoui made this year’s Prix des cinq continents: Each year, the Five Continents Prize goes to a work of […]
‘Palestine Writes’ Coming as Digital Festival December 2-6
Tickets to the digital event begin at $10, and while the full program will be announced in November, the website promises events for children, panel discussions, music, workshops, poetry, cooking demonstrations, readings, and more.
Publisher and Author Riyad al-Rayyis Dies at 83
“He founded his publishing house in London in 1986, and moved it to Beirut in the early 1990s.”
Sunday Submissions: ArabLit Quarterly Winter 2020: DREAMS
ArabLit Quarterly’s Winter 2020 issue will have a focus on DREAMS.
Bulaq 56: ‘The Cat Is Out of the Bag’
This episode of Bulaq looks at the Fall 2020 issue of ArabLit Quarterly.
‘Center for Greek and Arabic Literature and Culture’ Launches
The idea for the center was sparked by the Arab World Festival Corfu in 2011.