On May 27, Kareem joined poet and novelist Sinan Antoon -- who has called Abdulqadir "a poet's poet" -- to discuss Except for This Unseen Thread.
Poet and Painter Ahmed Morsi’s First English Collection Forthcoming in September
"Art for me - whether my poetry or paintings - is an expression of my personal experiences; unbounded by time and place. I prefer not to make of art a utility and rather to allow it the utmost freedom to just be."
From the Archives: Alexandra Chreiteh on Writing About Menstruation in Modern Standard Arabic
"And remember: talking about periods in fus7a is not insulting, because periods are not insulting!"
5 Writers: A Brief Look at Palestinian Literature in French
This short list is drawn off recommendations that came in through Twitter.
Sunday Submissions: ALQ’s Fall issue
ALQ's Fall 2021 issue with a focus on football is open for submissions until July 1.
Upcoming Events: Wordplay in Arabic Translation, ‘How to End Things in Arabic Literature’ & More
A few upcoming events, taking place online.
’67 Children’: A Friday Poem by Ahlam Bsharat
"67 mothers calling"
Friday Finds: Two Poems by Ameer Hamad
"These two poems translated by Katharine Halls are small enough to carry in one’s palm; they utilise a mode of poetic witness attuned to distillation, frankness, and the startling force of an ending."
The Challenges (and Possibilities) of Translating Literary Scholarship
"And it’s not right for those conversations and insights to be documented only in English, a language that some of those same theatre-makers would find difficult to access, and not in Arabic."
From ‘Your Name, Palestine’ by Olivia Elias
"Eyes fixed on the Mediterranean / mirage shimmering from afar / we sail from island to island / between walls and barbed wire"
‘Notebooks of the Booksellers’ Wins 2021 International Prize for Arabic Fiction
"In intensely poetic language, Jordanian writer Jalal Barjas throws light on a totally schizophrenic reality in his country, which lies on a fault line prone to frequent tremors."
‘A Poetics of Return’: Talking Migration and Return with Wessam Elmeligi
"If migration is not permanent, then what? Is there always some kind of return?"
