Beau Beausoleil — founder of the “Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here” project — has brought together 25 readings in the US and UK to mark the seventh anniversary of the bombing of Baghdad’s central bookselling street.
A few weeks before the passage of Tunisia’s historic consensus constitution — which happened last night by an overwhelming 200-12 vote — a number of writers and poets communicated their hopes for Tunisia in an open letter to the newly appointed prime minister. The online magazine Tunisia Live translated these hopes and added some from “street poet” Majd Mastoura.
Although Upworthy only started in late March of this year, it’s been inspiring imitators and parodies at least since July. We enjoy Upworthy parodies as much as the next person, so we’d like to run a modest parody contest (as an excuse to give away some fantastic books).
Often enough, I hear from new readers that ArabLit is just “too much,” and that the site lacks a good entry point for the reader who wants to know: Where do I start?
ArabLit looks back at some of the big awards, events, and at those who left us in 2013.
There can be no series on Iraqi poetry without an engagement with Sargon Boulos. It’s coming. In the meantime, poet-novelist-translator Sinan Antoon has published two newly translated Boulus poems in Jadaliyya.
Al-Mustafa Najjar continues with his interviews of authors shortlisted for the 2014 International Prize for Arabic Fiction, discussing Inaam Kachachi’s novel Tashari with its author.
Better late than never: ArabLit starts a global events calendar.
Arab- and Arabic-literature events going on around the world. Please add on below.
