Monday Poetry: Ghareeb Iskander’s ‘Great Perplexity’
“In translating Derek Walcott / Words stalk / Like egrets do / In his later poems / Where he wanted / To speak of regret”
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Sunday Submissions: Words Without Borders Communications Internship
The internship, which offers a stipend of $200 per week, requires a commitment of sixteen hours a week over the course of three months.
Saturday Events: Emily Drumsta on ‘Revolt Against the Sun’
The Brown University event is set for 12 – 1 p.m. EST on February 3, 2021. You can register to attend the webinar or follow on YouTube.
Salah Jahin’s ‘Cigarette Ash’
“And here I am, aimlessly wandering the streets / As the night weighs long and dark upon the land and I.”
Sunday Submissions: Hazine Seeking ‘Art in the Digital Sphere’
“Hazine is seeking 3-4 pieces on the digital world and art from the Mashriq, the Maghreb, Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Turkey, or Iran.”
Barjeel Prize-winning Poems Now on ‘Rusted Radishes’
“The winners and runners-up of the inaugural Barjeel Poetry Prize — twelve in all — appeared this week on the Beirut-based magazine Rusted Radishes.”
Friday Finds: Wajdi al-Ahdal’s ‘Saghira’s Laws’
“The president, who had submitted his resignation, had gone off to the Canary Islands to spend his retirement there, wishing the Yemeni people all the best of luck.”
‘Adonis at 90’: A Digital, Poetic, Global Celebration
Last year, 2020, marked the year of Adonis’s ninetieth, and on December 31, 2020 — at the very end of his 90th year — celebratory videos were uploaded to the website adonis90.org.
Awad Ahmoudi, Oud Virtuoso
“In the last century, the oud has greatly contributed to the reformulation of the relationship between poetry and music.”