Sunday Submissions: 3 Translation Contests and a Magazine Courting Translators
The translated-fiction category will be judged by celebrated Italian translator Ann Goldstein.
Poetry
Ashraf Fayadh Wins 2017 Oxfam Novib/PEN Award for Freedom of Expression
According to organizers, the award exists “to honour the courage of writers committed to freedom of expression despite facing countless challenges and risks.”
Friday Finds: Poetry ‘At That Outcast and Lonely Hour’
“At that outcast and lonely hour,
that hour of night when choices narrow”
Sunday Submissions: Last Call for Asymptote’s ‘Close Approximations’ Contest
“The winner and two runners-up of each category will win $1,000 USD and $250 USD respectively.”
Nouri al-Jarrah, Rosa Yassin Hassan and ‘Syria in the Heart’
“I saw lightning in the east
in a wink
then west
I saw the sun dripping
in its blood
and the sea agitated
and the past robbed of its books”
Ibrahim Abdel Meguid as Literary Bard and Dostoevsky’s Great Grand-nephew
“The Arabic novel, and Arabic poetry, are no less than any literary production anywhere in the world.”
54% of Egyptians Surveyed Pick Ahmed Mourad’s ‘Land of God’ As 2016’s Top Novel
Those up for the “best novel” slot, in addition to Mourad, were popular and award-winning novelists Ibrahim Eissa, Youssef Ziedan, Ahmed Khaled Tawfiq, and Ammar Ali Hassan.
Friday Finds: Hisham Bustani’s ‘Stardust’
“He could feel himself getting hotter and his heart beating furiously: apartment, car, cell phone, sexy girl, shiny glass buildings … threshold to HERE. “
Coming Soon to a Theatre Near You? Film Adaptation of Ibrahim Essa’s ‘The Televangelist’
According to Variety, the film — which opened in Egypt yesterday — is “certain to be one of the most discussed movies in the territory.”