Three Free Online: ‘Modern Art in The Arab World,’ ‘The Stillborn,’ ‘Gate of the Sun’
“Three must-read books, translated mostly or entirely from the Arabic, have appeared free online from publishers in recent weeks.”
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Al-Yūsī’s Discourses: Situating a Sufi Scholar in a Vivid 17th-Century Morocco
“It’s not quite the same as a purely autobiographical text, but it’s almost more interesting for that. They’re more like mini-essays. I do think that the work, for that reason, can be read by people who aren’t interested in seventeenth-century Morocco.”
Sunday Submissions: Four-week Remote Writing Residency
Applicants must be from or living in the Arab world.
When Words Dance: Alia Mamdouh on Embers of Passion, Ashes of Existence
“I am a writer of senses.”
Egyptian Novelist Gamil Attia Ibrahim, 1937-2020
Egyptian journalist and novelist Gamil Attia Ibrahim died today in Switzerland, where he lived.
Live Today: Margaret Litvin on Sonallah Ibrahim’s ‘Ice’
Be sure to listen before the live Zoom discussion, open to the public today at 2 p.m. EST, 6 p.m. GMT.
Friday Finds: ‘The Appearance of the Dragon, and His Disappearance’
Khidr’s heart was pounding as he stepped into the house. It was almost sunset, and his mom wasn’t usually this late. Was she on an emergency visit to the hospital to see his dad?
On Ghassan Kanafani Day: 5 Online Reads
“Kanafani made me aware of the importance of being part of what is happening in your generation. You cannot be an outsider.”
Muhammad El-Hajj’s ‘Nobody Mourns the City’s Cats’
“You’re going to leave, and I won’t have anyone to cry or go hysterical with,” I said after we’d caught our breath.