10 Arabic ‘Nostalgia Plays’ Come to Netflix
Netflix is releasing a series of Arabic plays before Eid al-Fitr.
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Lebanese Poet and Essayist Salah Stétié, 90
The Lebanese poet, essayist, art critic, and diplomat Salah Stétié died last night in Paris, his family announced.
Syrian Playwright Riad Ismat, 73
Syrian theatre artist Riad Ismat died earlier this month after contracting COVID-19 in Chicago, where he was part of Northwestern’s “Scholars at Risk” program. He was 73.
Etel Adnan and Sarah Riggs Win Griffin Poetry Prize for ‘Time’
“What is astonishing here is how she manages to give weariness its own relentless energy.”
Arabic Translation Challenge #2: ‘Do Not Scold Me!’
“Cure me rather with the cause of my ill…”
Sunday Submissions: ‘Calling All Female Arab Writers’
The deadline is August 15, 2020.
‘Every Father Kills his Son’
“A life of pain / For that, dad, thanks! /No son had I / To say, Life stanks!” – Results from our first challenge.
Arabic Publishing and the Covid-19 Pandemic
“This is the ultimate test for ebooks and audiobooks.”
Available Now: A Translation of Tayeb Salih’s ‘Mansi, A Rare Man in His Own Way’
Salih went on to publish four novels as well as many other books, including his popular منسي إنسان نادر على طريقته (Mansi: A Rare Man in His Own Way), published in 2004, five years before the author’s death.