“This is a great workshop to attend if you speak Arabic or have an interest in Arabic Literature. Our collaborative translation process is a great way to gain a closer understanding of a language and its literary tradition.”
“The proportion of ‘original work’ per author varies from poem to poem.”
“I am interested in how we always think of barbarism as something that is far away.”
“Radwa Ashour was a powerful voice among Egyptian writers of the postwar generation and a writer of exceptional integrity and courage. Her work consistently engages with her country’s history and reflects passionately upon it.”
Your rude fist wrapped it round
And clung.
Publishers who have a translated collection of poetry forthcoming in October, November, or December 2018 can apply to be a “Poetry Book Society Recommended Translation.”
“In the story, one of Mahfouz’s early works, a woman marries a man who’s sex-obsessed.”
“It is worth mentioning that the censorship pass is the approval of the censorship bureau at the General Security of any show, from which are exempted text readings.”
“Syrian poets opened crossings and paved paths, molded styles and discovered untouched poetic terrains in Arab poetics. Had we omitted three of them: Adonis, Muhammad al-Maghut and Nizar Qabbani, Arabic poetry would have probably looked very different today.”
