Sunday Submissions: ’70 Years, The Palestine Issue’
They note that contributors “do not have to be of Arab descent provided their work is of relevance to the Arab-American community.”
Poetry
Tunisian World Cup Team: 23 Writers
Again, remember, writers must be living to play, so sadly no Saghir Oulad Ahmed, Mahmoud Messadi, Muhammad Salih al-Jabri, Houcine El Oued, or Aboul-Qacem Echebbi.
Egyptian World Cup Team: 23 Writers
“If you make outraged suggestions in the comments, please remember that the authors must be living to play.”
Sunday Submissions: ‘Nimrod’ Seeking MENA Stories, Poems
“With this issue, we seek to celebrate writers and writing from this region, to highlight the diverse cultures and people within it, and to enrich and add complexity to the representation and understanding of the Middle East and North Africa.”
Bushra al-Fadil on Writing ‘Something Similar to’ Sci Fi
“Now I’m trying to write, in my latest works, science fiction — or something similar to science fiction. I can’t write science fiction, because science fiction should be known to people who are living in countries where there is industries, developed, and so on. But I write something similar to it[.]”
Baghdad Announces Muhammad Mahdi al-Jawahiri Museum
“According to Al-Monitor, the museum will likely be opened next year, on or around the 120th anniversary of Jawahiri’s birth.”
Friday Finds: Tawfiq al-Hakim’s ‘Secrets of a Suicide’
“And while al-Hakim considered it a comedy, Swelem believes tragicomedy is a better description.”
‘Egyptian Writers Folio’: 17 Authors
“Despite the prominence of Egyptian literature, art and cinema within the Arab cultural landscape, Egyptians are drastically underrepresented abroad, despite being all over the place.”
Sunday Submissions: ‘Biladi, Biladi’ Comix, Poetry, Prose
“Profits from sales of this zine will go to support The March of Great Return by funding grassroots, Palestinian-led organizations on the ground.”