ALTA is excited to present Write the World: A Day of Translation! Connect with translators and translation enthusiasts from across the globe. Get ready for this day of virtual panels on topics related to literary translation on May 23, 2023! Panels include "The Power of Literary Awards to Expand Readership", "Partnering for Success: Translators & […]
In 2013, Kuwait’s parliament authorised a law that made blasphemy a capital crime. Although this decision was successfully vetoed by the Emir of Kuwait, it highlighted the precarious sanctity of freedom of speech in a religiously conservative country. In An Unlasting Home, Mai Al-Nakib imagines an alternative reality where this law comes to pass. […]
Sarah Riggs curates our 138th Wednesday Poetry Reading with Sara Elkamel, Safaa Fathy, Ghazal Mosadeq, and Aya Nabih
Join author Sherif Meleka and ArabLit's M Lynx Qualey to discuss Meleka's "Suleiman's Ring."
Ann Morgan, Diane Samuels, Rodaan Al Galidi and Haitham Hussein talk about writing about migration, and how storytelling can connect us.
When Disability collides with economic, social and political struggle, how can the arts, coaching and leadership theory inspire and instil a different reality for Deaf and Disabled leaders?
The Shubbak Festival will commune in this virtual conversation, to centre Disabled artists and cultural practitioners from Jordan and Palestine as they discuss the challenges and opportunities of living and working at the intersection of Disability and geo-political instability.
A conversation hosted by Bristol Translates on how translation makes a real difference in the world
The Poetry Translation Centre is delighted to bring two new publications to Ledbury: I Will Not Fold These Maps by internationally acclaimed Bidoon poet Mona Kareem and A Friend’s Kitchen by Sudanese poet Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi. Both
Beyond Baroque presents Exiled Joy, an evening with authors Randa Jarrar and Ghayath Almadhoun in conversation with scholar and editor Sarah Yanni.
And Other Stories present Shalash the Iraqi with translator Luke Leafgren.
The Knowledge Workshop is hosting a conversation between Dr. Sana Tannoury-Karam and Dr. Elizabeth Thompson, as part of the Feminist Forties Discussion Series that Sana is leading.
