Book Discussion: ‘Guapa’ by Saleem Haddad
Join MENAWAPoco's book club discussion on Saleem Haddad's 'Guapa'.
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SWAYING BODIES: A Conversation with Ahmed Abdul-Halim & Dima Daly
Join this discussion hosted by MENA Prison Forum on "Swaying Bodies", a novella by Ahmed Abdul-Halim, with illustrations by Dima Daly.
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Mini Symposium on Arabic Literature in Translation
This mini symposium proposes to investigate modern Arabic literature in translation. The translation of Arabic texts has a complicated history, incorporating publishers’ reticence to publish translations, politics, gender, as well as difficulties of situating Arabic literature within the all-encompassing world literature.
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Frankfurt Book Fair Livestream: Publishing Arab Literature – Difficulties and Experiences from a Publisher’s Perspective
Lena Bopp discusses the challenges of publishing Arabic literature and other issues with Rasha al Ameer, Piero Salabè and Yasmina Jraissati at Frankfurt Book Fair.
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Frankfurt Book Fair Livestream: It’s only a children’s book – The complexity of the supposedly simple
A panel on the translation of The Lilac Girl by Ibtisam Barakat from Arabic into German, with Ibtisam Barakat, Suleman Taufiq, and Madjid Mohit.
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Minor Detail: A Salon in Honor of Adania Shibli
In this talk, Adania Shibli will be joined by Layli Long Soldier and Madeleine Thien to discuss Shibli's haunting novel, Minor Detail.
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Villainy: A Mizna Community Reading and Conversation
Join Mizna in celebrating "Villainy" with a virtual event ft. Andrea Abi-Karam, Elmaz Abinaber, Romaissa Benzizoune, Tarik Dobbs + Nour Kamel.
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Poetry as Storytelling — A Conversation with Nathalie Handal
This workshop with poet and writer Nathalie Handal brings together an interdisciplinary community to explore the intersection of two research agendas (1) thematically, the study of violence and insecurity, broadly-understood; and (2) methodologically, the theory and practice of varied forms of story-telling as a way of accessing and expressing lived experience and human understanding.
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afikra Conversations: Professor Tarek El-Ariss
Join Mikey Muhanna as he interviews James Wright professor and professor of Middle Eastern studies Dr. Tarek El-Ariss for the afikra Conversations series.