How to Support Arab-American Theater in the Heart of the Midwest
“I feel very vulnerable as a teacher. Many of my fears around that came out in my play ZAFIRA. She was a teacher who ended up in the ‘Arab and Muslim Internment Camps.'”
Poetry
Friday Finds: Poetry by Jan Dammu and Amjad Nasser
You gnaw at sleep’s pear
and lie on a pile of ruses, dangers, and debacles
then rest on yesterday’s train
while your phantoms keep on pulsating, powerful, alive
Women, Gulf Citizens Make Up Majority of Emerging Writers Chosen for IPAF’s 8th Nadwa
“A nadwa such as this reaffirms to us that writing is an activity worth travelling and taking time out for in an isolated location, something that has become an unthinkable luxury in today’s world.”
Sunday Submissions: Orison Books and Poetry in Translation
“Submissions of full-length (60 pp. minimum) poetry collections in English translation are accepted year-round.”
Mecca: Portraits of the City in Two Recent Books
“None of us knows what it means to live next door to God’s holiest sanctuary, what it requires of us. Are we supposed to celebrate life? Or to fight against it?”
Poetic, Experimental, Young: Inaugural Almultaqa Prize Shortlist
“Al-Multaqa Prize for the Short Story has announced its inaugural shortlist, with an emphasis on vigorous, young, experimental writing.”
Sunday Submissions: National Endowment for the Arts Translation Fellowships
“It’s time to get ready for the December 6, 2016 deadline for NEA Translation fellowships.”
‘The End of the World’: Poet Dima Yousef’s Journey from Yarmouk to Algiers
“In a journey that continues to be marked by uncertainty and marred by individual and collective losses, Dima has no idea where life will take her next.”
Sunday Submissions: ‘Transference’ and Other Journals Seeking Translations
Other journals explicitly seeking translations include ‘Ricochet,’ ‘The Cossack Review,’ ‘Berkeley Poetry Review,’ and ‘Marvels & Tales.’