Hannah Khalil’s ‘Scenes from 68* Years’ Shortlisted for James Tait Black Prize for Drama
The winner’s set to be announced at a ceremony in Edinburgh on August 21.
Poetry
Friday Finds: Newly Translated Poems by Ahmed Shafie, Wadie Saadeh, and Muhammad Al Maghout
In the dark
deep stagnant dark
where the wind roars
and the wet trees howl like women raped
he encircles me with his arms
and sinks into my flesh like louse eggs.
Sunday Submissions: ‘Bosphorus Review of Books’
“The deadline for submissions is rolling, but BROB is currently seeking new work for the next bi-monthly edition in July.”
Three Poets You Should Know: Noor Naga, Mona Kareem, Iman Mersal
On Tuesday, Noor Naga won the $10,000 RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers for her collection ‘The Mistress and the Ping.’
Disappearing Theatre: A Play About Palestinians in London, a Scottish Novel Adapted in Cairo
“This small team have put a lot of time and effort into making an innovative piece of drama, which may never be shown to the public in Egypt.”
Fatima Sharafeddine’s YA Novel ‘Cappuccino,’ a Story of Surviving Domestic Violence
Fatima Sharafeddine is a multi-award-winning author and translator of children books for all ages, from babies to teens. Sharafeddine has written and translated more than 120 books for young people, and her work has […]
Sunday Submissions: The $2M ‘Sheikh Hamad Award for Translation’
As for translations into and out of European languages, there are only two in contention, but they are set to gain the biggest prizes.
Sunday Submissions: ‘Hawai’i Review’ Looking for Translations, Creative Translation, Multilingual Work
Creative translation “includes found poems, erasure poems, other genres of found or erasure work, creative mis/translation, homophonic translation, and related works. “
Friday Finds: Ahmed Shafie, ‘I Did Not Find Poetry Where I Left It’
“It thought: that which wished to be a white butterfly was a fool and that which wished to be a cherry blossom was a fool.”