Syrian Novelist Haitham Hussein on Writing Kurdish Stories into Arabic Literature
“I don’t find that history is a science of the past. To me, it is the science of the future.”
Poetry
Friday Finds: Audio from Shubbak Literature Festival 2017
Miss the literary events at Shubbak? Can’t wait until July 2019? Listen to the recordings.
Arabic-to-Spanish Translators: Poetry-translation Contest Open Through July 31
“The idea is to celebrate literary dialogues, translation, poetry, poetry translation and linguistic diversity.”
Sunday Submissions: ‘In Other Words,’ an Opportunity for Authors (and Publishers) of Children’s Literature
Last year, there were nearly 400 submissions from around the world and eight shortlisted titles. Three of these have already been sold to UK publishers: translations from the Afrikaans, Danish, and Russian.
Friday Finds: An Interview with Amer Hlehel and Amir Nizar Zuabi about ‘Taha’
“It is very dangerous what I’m going to say: Taha’s poetry about the Palestinian catastrophe lasts much more than Darwish’s poetry.”
Sunday Submissions: Anomaly, Queen Mob’s Queer Translation Issue, Miles Morland Writing Scholarship
Three new submission opportunities — two for translators and one for authors.
Friday Finds: Zakariya Tamer’s “The Accused,” Translated and Illustrated by Molly Crabapple
The fat policeman entered the tomb, walked a few bewildered moments, then shouted with a stretched voice: “Omar Khayyám!”
‘Celebrating Syria’ in Manchester: A Festival of Arts, Literature, Film, Music, and Food
Novelist Khaled Khalifa and short-story writer Rasha Abbas are among the Syrian authors set to speak at the “Celebrating Syria” events in Manchester, which are being staged at venues around the city between 10th and 23rd of July.
Bushra al-Fadil First Arabophone Author to Win Caine Prize for African Literature
As a translated story, the prize money will be split 70/30, with £7,000 going to the author and £3,000 to the translator.