‘The Critical Case of “K.”’: The Diary as a Trick
The central theme of “K.” is much stronger than most literature coming from the Gulf.
Poetry
Emily Drumsta Wins PEN Heim Grant to Translate Nazik al-Malaika’s ‘Revolt Against the Sun’
Each of the 13 winning translators will receive $2,800 help them finish their project.
Friday Finds: ‘The Mediterranean Sea Drowns in the Immigration Department’
“You emerge from behind the scenes, I emerge from behind the nightmares, smiling as if the war hasn’t eaten my brother, and in those days, when my Syrian friends were dying under torture, my European friends were gently withdrawing from my wound which scratched their white lives and didn’t conform in any way to accepted Western criteria of what constitutes pain.”
Poet Lena Khalaf Tuffaha on Her Relationship Status with English: ‘It’s Complicated’
“My grandfather, Husni Fariz, was the poet laureate of Jordan. I used to relish the chance to sit at his desk and “write poems,” terrible poems in Arabic, ones that tried desperately to rhyme.”
Syrian, Kurdish Writers Awarded Year-long Writing Grants in Berlin
The two Syrians are poet-translator Abdulkadir Musa and poet-playwright Liwaa Yazji.
Review and Translated Excerpt of the Middle-grade Novel: ‘When Black Laughs’
Mother laughed. “And the ox is naughty like you. Try to sleep.”
My mother left the room and I stayed alone with the rain.
3 Compelling Memoirs by Egyptian Women Forthcoming in 2018: ‘The Journey’ and Two More
This year, at least three significant memoirs are forthcoming in translation, all of them intimately relevant to women’s lives in 2018, from #metoo to intersectionalism and global solidarity to the fraught spaces between the performance and experience of motherhood.
Sunday Submissions: Do You Write in Arabic and Live in Canada?
” TAAM-TAIM’s mission is to promote the diversity of Arabic authors working in Montreal and elsewhere in Canada, by creating a network for Arabic writers and translators to meet, exchange ideas, and collaborate.”
Inaam Kachachi’s new novel: Iraqi History in Warm Language
In the end, I particularly recommend this novel to those who love the historical-novel genre.