2022 Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation
Celebrate the 2022 Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation. Join Banipal online for an evening of inspiration and recognition!
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Literary translation: reading between the lines
In this 2½ hour workshop, critically-acclaimed literary translator Rosalind Harvey will teach you the nuts and bolts of the industry and give you the opportunity to take part in a creative translation exercise.
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afikra Conversations: Writer & Literary Translator Yasmine Seale
Join afikra as they interview British-Syrian Writer and Literary Translator Yasmine Seale on their Conversations series. Seale's reviews and essays on literature, art, myth, archaeology and film have appeared widely, including […]
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Adab Colloquium: Who Was a Good Poet in Sixteenth Century Damascus?
With ALQ contributor Haci Osman Gündüz (Ozzy)! Biographical dictionaries often also served as anthologies with—at times—detailed analyses of poetry and literary aesthetics. One such work is Ibn Ayyūb al-Anṣārī’s (d. […]
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MENAWA Reading Group March 2023: Haji Jabir’s ‘Black Foam’
MENAWA will be back March 16th to chat about Haji Jabir's IPAF-nominated BLACK FOAM We'll be joined for a Q&A by the novel's co-translator, Marcia Lynx Qualey! Email menawapocoreads@gmail.com for […]
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TMR Conversations: Raja Shehadeh & Amal Ghandour
Amal Ghandour, author of This Arab Life, interviews Palestinian attorney and author Raja Shehadeh about his latest book, a memoir. Palestinian attorney Raja Shehadeh, author most recently of We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I: A Palestinian Memoir, will discuss his latest work, along with such previous books as Palestinian Walks and Strangers […]
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Feminist Revolutions with Yasmin El-Rifae at Lighthouse Bookshop Edinburgh (online)
Please note that this is an online-only event. We're over the moon to be welcoming journalist Yasmin El-Rifae with her book Radius: A Story of Feminist Revolution, a haunting and […]
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Adabiyat Book Club: ‘The Disappearance of Mr. Nobody’ by Ahmed Taibaoui
Adabiyat's virtual book club will be reading Ahmed Taibaoui's The Disappearance of Mr. Nobody, translated by Jonathan Wright in March 2023. Read an extract here: https://tinyurl.com/2pnp4vr5 It is a raw, […]
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Adab Colloquium: The Maqāmāt of Badīʿ al-Zamān al-Hamadhānī: Authorship, Texts, and Contexts
Join the Adab Colloquium for a book talk with Bilal Orfali and Maurice A. Pomerantz moderated by Sara bin Tyeer and Matthew Keegan. Book Description: Through investigations of the manuscripts, […]