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  • afikra Conversations: Shawkat Toorawa

    Join the afikra team as the interview Shawkat Toorawa for the afikra Conversations series. Professor Shawkat M. Toorawa is a Professor of Arabic at Yale, he received his BA, MA, and PhD from the University of Pennsylvania. He has taught Arabic at Duke University, medieval French literature and Indian Ocean studies at the University of […]

  • The Markaz Review BookGroup: Mai Al-Nakib’s ‘An Unlasting Home’

    When you live in a conservative society, you run the risk of censure. How far should a philosophy professor stick her neck out to make a point? Would you put it all on the line in the pursuit of truth or justice, or whatever informs your intent? An Unlasting Home, by award-winning short story writer Mai Al-Nakib, […]

  • *In German* International Translation Day: Arabische Bilderbücher in deutscher Übersetzung

    Ein Online-Gespräch mit Petra Dünges Am 30. September wird weltweit der Internationale Übersetzertag begangen. Zum diesjährigen Tag des Übersetzens haben wir beschlossen: Es wird Zeit, dass wir mehr über Petra Dünges und ihre wunderschöne Arbeit erfahren! Die gelernte Physikerin erzählt, wie sie zur arabischen Kinderliteratur kam und was sie dabei erfahren hat. Der Vortrag bietet […]

  • Maya Abu Al-Hayyat & Zeina Hashem Beck | Live Reading + Book Release

    AANM presents a live bilingual poetry reading featuring an incredible lineup of poets: Maya Abu Al-Hayyat and Zeina Hashem Beck. Join us as the poets read excerpts from their new works, exploring themes of language and notions of home. Maya’s translated poems will be orated by Writing Fellows graduate Samer Budair. The talkback will be […]

  • Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller: an online event with Nadia Wassef

    Join an evening with Nadia Wassef to discuss brilliant new memoir CHRONICLES OF A CAIRO BOOKSELLER. Nadia will be in conversation with Will Smith, a bookseller at Sam Read’s, on Bookshop Day! - - - - The streets of Cairo make strange music. The echoing calls to prayer; the raging insults hurled between drivers; the […]

  • afikra Book Club: Sahar Mustafah

    Join us as we interview author, Sahar Mustafah, who authored many books including The Beauty of Your Face, which will be the focus for this Book Club episode. The daughter of immigrants, Sahar Mustafah explores her Palestinian heritage in her writing. She earned her MFA in Fiction from Columbia College where she was a Follett […]

  • AGYA Salon with Muhsin al-Ramli − Iraq, Dreams, and Expression

    The new event series ‘AGYA Literary Salon’ hosts both established and emerging Arab and German authors to discuss their literary careers, visions, and latest works. The Salon especially aims to introduce new literary talents and unknown texts to the public, presenting new thoughts, expressing human values, and providing a source for inspiration. The second Salon […]