“I’ve found that I translate best when the “I” gets out of the way and simply allows the process to happen through me—this is particularly true of poetry.”
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Queerness in Khaled Khalifa’s ‘No Knives in the Kitchens of This City’
“There is no shortage of varieties of shame: of body, of one’s sexuality or lack of sexuality, of modest or immodest dress, of impoverished dress, of ugliness, of age, of illness, of disability, of vanity, of religion, of doubting one’s religion, of being complicit with the regime, of Syrianness, of having no ‘important’ family roots, of people who talk incessantly about their roots.”
AUC Press to Bring Out Edited ‘Diaries of Waguih Ghali’
“Volume 1 tells of Ghali’s life in Rheydt, West Germany, providing unique insights from the perspective of an Egyptian immigrant on postwar Germany and shedding light on Ghali’s own writing and personality when he was at the peak of his depression. “
Apply Now to Tandem: An Exchange Between Arab and European ‘Culture Managers’
“Tandem promises an intensive one-year international exchange and EUR 5,000 start-up money for an initial project.”
Sunday Submissions: 2016 Stephen Spender Prize, Deadline May 27
“Your reason for translating this particular poem….”
Poet Amal al-Jubouri on How She Lost and Found Her Voice
“But my voice came back when the great poet Nizar al-Qabbani intervened after the festival[.]”
The Curious Case of Contemporary Moroccan Literature
“There’s a whole range of work in there — 10 writers translated from 4 languages, of all ages; a lot of poetry, some funny fiction, some militant feminist Amazigh work, and so much in between.”
In Finnish Translation, Ašraf Fayyad’s ‘Pakolaisten Viimeinen Jälkeläinen’
“Pakolaisuus on sitä, että seisoo jonon hännillä
jos vaikka saisi kotimaankannikan
Jonotus on sitä, mitä isoisäsi teki – syytä koskaan tietämättä!”
‘Allaah, Allaah, Allaah’: Fall Talks at the AUC’s Center for Translation Studies
This season, all lectures will be in English.
Egypt’s First Museum of Arabic Calligraphy Opens in Alexandria
On Saturday, Egypt opened its first Museum of Arabic Calligraphy, in the seaside city of Alexandria.
Arabic Literature in Persian, Persian Literature in Arabic
“Of course, we should mention that translators have been more interested in translating poetry than prose. Works by contemporary Arab poets such as Nizar Qabbani, Ghada al-Samman and Adunis have been well received by Iranian intellectuals.”
‘Protect and Serve’? Crime-fic Symposium to Include Look at Arabic Noir
The “Arab Noir” panel at “‘Protect and Serve’: Crime Fiction and Community” promises an innovative discussion of the ways in which Arabs do, or don’t do, crime fiction.
