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.”
Poetry
In London: Group-translate Poetry by Amjad Nasser
“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.”
‘Footnotes in Order of Disappearance’: A Collaboration of Poems
“The proportion of ‘original work’ per author varies from poem to poem.”
Sinan Antoon: ‘Novels Can Narrate an Alternative History’
“I am interested in how we always think of barbarism as something that is far away.”
Radwa Ashour Day: 9 to Read and 1 to Translate
“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.”
Friday Finds: ‘Everything in You Grew, But Not Your Hand’
Your rude fist wrapped it round
And clung.
Sunday Submissions: Be a ‘Recommended Translation’
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.”
Ramadan TV 2018: Based on Short Story, Poetry
“In the story, one of Mahfouz’s early works, a woman marries a man who’s sex-obsessed.”
Lebanese Censors Demand Shutdown of Reading, Then Beirut Pride
“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.”