Organized by The Translation Exchange in partnership with ArabLit. This event is open to all, whether or not you have attended one of our book clubs before. No knowledge of the original language is required to take part! Our next meeting will be held on Wednesday 29th March at 7pm (GMT), in partnership with specialists […]
In this Crown Seminar, Hosam Aboul-Ela, in conversation with Mona Kareem, will discuss the "exportability" of Arabic literature by looking at the work of Egyptian novelist Sonallah Ibrahim in its Arabic, French, and English versions
Hosts: Pauline Homsi & Rania Said This virtual roundtable explores the relationship between translation studies and Arab American studies. Its purpose is to generate an open-ended dialogue that highlights central ideas related to how thinking about translation in relation to Arab American studies and vice versa opens possibilities for ways to think about and work […]
The Queen of Sorcerers and Thirteen Anonymous Tales on Love With Presenter Enass Khansa, Asst. Professor & Chair of Dept. of Arabic and Near Eastern Languages, American University of Beirut And Discussant Julia Bray, AS AlBabtain-Laudian Professor of Arabic Emerita St. John’s College, Oxford Abstract: The topic of this talk is an anonymous collection of […]
Join trace press & Dalaala as they celebrate the art & politics of translating Arabic poetry into English. trace: translating ARABIC was a 2 part series of workshops organized by trace press and facilitated by Yasmine Haj and Norah Alkharashi in 2022-2023, which brought together emerging and experienced translators from SWANA regions & diasporas to […]
This panel aims to address the question of how resistance and trauma are conceived and practiced in prison literature in North Africa in the years leading to and following the Arab Uprisings of 2010-2011. Speakers: Yosra Amraoui holds a PhD in English Language, Literature and Civilization from the University of Manouba, Tunisia. She teaches at […]
Saïd Khatibi is a novelist, travel writer, translator, and cultural journalist, born in 1984 in Bou Saâda, Algeria. He writes in Arabic and French and translates between both. He has a BA in French Literature from the University of Algiers and an MA in Cultural Studies from the Sorbonne. Sarajevo Firewood is his third novel […]
Join us for the launch of Mona Kareem's poetry collection *I WILL NOT FOLD THESE MAPS*, with Mona Kareem, translator Sara Elkamel, editor Nashwa Nasreldin, and hosted by ArabLit's M. Lynx Qualey. Co-organized by the Poetry Translation Centre and ArabLit, this will be an hour of brilliant poetry & vibrant discussion.
