New in Collaborative Translation: ‘Half Life,’ by Gibran Khalil Gibran
“You are a person! You exist to live a full life, not a half life.”
Poetry
An ‘Untapped Thirst for Contemporary International Drama in Translation’?
“Was mine a legitimate interest in their plays as dramatic literature? Or was it a newfangled fascination with the recent events of the so-called ‘Arab Spring’ and a taste for the exotic?”
Friday Films: ‘The Sixth Day,’ Based on a Novel by Andrée Chedid
Notably, this is the first of our Friday films based on a book written by a woman.
Sunday Submissions: Critical Flame’s Special Translation Feature
“…a special translation feature set for their November-December 2016 issue[.]”
A Tour of the 2016 Palestine International Book Fair: In Words and Pictures
“Underscoring the continued problem was the marked absence of Palestinian writers and thinkers from Gaza, who though on the official program were not present at any of the week’s panels.”
How To Support a Book Drive for Syrian Refugees in Sweden
“When the need is so great, anything will help, and when the dust settles after this first book drive, perhaps we’ll know more.”
Friday Films: ‘Al-Haram,’ Based on a Novel by Yusuf Idris
The film was nominated for the Prix International at the 1965 Cannes Film Festival.
PalFest Announces 2016 Authors, Event Schedule
“…South African-Australian Nobel laureate J.M. Coetzee, noted Syrian-Palestinian poet Ghayath Al Madhoun, architect-writer-scholar Mohamed Elshahed, Irish novelist Colum McCann, and many others…”
May Is the Month of Arabic Literature in New York City: Dramatic Readings, Magazine Launches, a Discussion with Basma Abdel Aziz, More
Also, how to read a story from Hassan Blasim’s new collection — out from Comma Press next year.