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.”
Poetry
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.”
Christmas-day Gift: 8 Poets Translated by Yasmine Seale, Online
It is the ArabLit tradition to share a curated list of poems on Christmas Day.
Abdallah Zrika’s ‘Funeral of the Snow Grenade’
“A dead language in the throat of a dead poet. Assassins only wait for the day of the feast. Cemeteries are only full of white beds.”
Introducing ‘The Mu`allaqat for Millennials’
“Aiming to make the mu`allaqat known to new readers, the project gathers a team of eight commentators and translators.”
Friday Finds: 5 New Translations of Iman Mersal
“Marrying a piano player /
is different from marrying a sailor.”