Shukair also appears today at 11 a.m. Eastern time (US) for a "Coffee & Books" session with Nur Masalha, in which they discuss Shukair's International Prize for Arabic Fiction-shortlisted novel Praise for the Women of the Family.
#PalestineWrites: Literature, Erasure, and Preservation
"Shukair stressed the important role Arab educational institutions play in keeping Palestinian literature alive."
Friday Finds: Ghayath Almadhoun’s ZEBRA-winning Filmpoem, ‘Évian’
"Like a visual representation of the unconscious it is a big unknowable that flows without a break, wave after wave, thought after thought, bearing the words of the poem.”
Fundraising Campaign: The Edward Said Libraries in Gaza
The new fundraising campaign, which seeks to raise $20,000 US, is not only to fund and support the library's existing projects, but also to start new ones.
Nathalie Handal, Susan Abulhawa Win Palestine Book Awards
The winners of the 2020 Palestine Book Awards were announced this evening in an online event.
Friday Finds: Mazen Maarouf on Humor and Violence
"Humor and violence were walking side-by-side in my neighborhood."
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."
‘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.
Monday Literature: ‘Schrödinger’s Cats’ by Ameer Hamad
"Bella felt she had several cats at once, and that the spirit of her cat was being continually rejuvenated, such that she could never guess what her cat would do next."
Friday Finds: Three Poems and a Digital Book Launch with Najwan Darwish
The launch of the new book -- set for October 15 at 7 p.m. BST -- will feature readings by Darwish and Alshaer, along with a discussion of the poems and the translation process with PTC commissioning editor Edward Doegar.
Friday Finds: Adania Shibli, Haytham el-Wardany, and Sinan Antoon in ‘Specimen’
"Assuming that words’ eyes have also been gouged, this dossier asks: How can literature assist us in reclaiming the capacity to imagine a less monstrous form of togetherness today?"
Sunday Classics: Samira Azzam, Whose ‘Relative Obscurity Today Is a Grave Injustice’
"I would love for her entire corpus to be translated, particularly given that what little has been so far is highly unrepresentative of her overall body of literature."
