Politics of Literature
The Istanbul branch of Columbia Global Centers is hosting a workshop discussing the engagement of literary figures in the turbulent politics of the turn-of-the-century.
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Launch Event for the “Palestine Voices” Issue of World Literature Today
"Join us for a special event to discuss the newly launched “Palestine Voices” issue of World Literature Today hosted by Yousef Khanfar, who guest-edited the issue, and Daniel Simon, editor in chief of WLT, and featuring the contributing writers, poets, artists, and translators."
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Female Voices in Arabic Literature
Join our panel as they discuss issues of translation, feminism, tradition and recognition in contemporary female Arab literature, in an exchange designed to open up fresh perspectives of women’s writing and Arab culture for everyone.
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Rotten Evidence: Reading and Writing in an Egyptian Prison
This panel will feature a discussion with Egyptian writer Ahmed Naji about his time spent in a Cairene prison for violating public decency laws in his second novel, Using Life. […]
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Pop-up Book Club Discussion of Adania Shibli’s ‘Minor Detail’
Sahar Mustafah and Susan Darraj will lead a virtual pop-up book club discussion on Adania Shibli's Minor Detail, which is this year's 1 Book, Many Communities selection from Librarians and […]
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Translating Children’s Books: Sawad Hussain on ‘The Djinn’s Apple’
For this event on translating children's literature, Sawad Hussain will talk about her translation from the Algerian Arabic of 'The Djinn's Apple' by Djamila Morani, alongside B.J. Epstein, who will be discussing her translation from the Swedish of 'The Bird Within Me'.
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Online Translation Workshop: Iraqi Kurmanji poet Zêdan Xelef
Poetry Translation CentreThe Poetry Translation Centre writes that they are "very proud to present our first ever workshop on Kurmanji poetry. We will be focussing on the work of Iraqi poet Zêdan Xelef, who works in this dialect also known as Northern Kurdish."
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Conference: Pre-Modern Comparative Literary Practice in the Multilingual Islamic World(s)
The virtual conference is co-organized by Huda Fakhreddine (University of Pennsylvania), David Larsen (New York University), and Hany Rashwan (University of Birmingham), with special thanks to Rawad Wehbe (University of […]
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Our Women on the Ground: Arab Women Reporting from the Arab World
Join a panel discussion moderated by editor Zahra Hankir, with journalists Aida Alami, Eman Helal, and Heba Shibani on Our Women on the Ground: Arab Women Reporting from the Arab World – a book bringing together nineteen Arab women journalists to reflect on how they report on their changing homelands in this first-of-its-kind essay collection. In their own words, they talk about what it’s like to report on conflicts that, quite literally, hit close to home.