Arabic Literature (in English)

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• Al Multaqa Prize for the Arabic Short Story Announces 2017 Longlist

  By mlynxqualey on October 2, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  “There were 239 submissions from twenty countries, with the lion’s share coming from Egypt (90),  followed by Iraq (20), Jordan (19), Morocco (19), Syria (13), Algeria (11), Saudi (11), Palestine (11), Yemen (9), Sudan (8), Tunisia (8), Bahrain (5), Oman (3), Qatar (3), Lebanon (3), Kuwait (2), Libya (1), Chad (1), Belgium (1), and the UK (1).”

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• Sunday Submissions: Free, Online Limited-space Writing Workshop with Jennifer Makumbi

  By mlynxqualey on October 1, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  “The workshop will be held online over three months, from January to March 2018, and will consist of weekly 3-hour group sessions with the facilitator by video conference. “

• What Arabic Children’s Literature Needs, And How to Bring the Best Into Translation

  By mlynxqualey on September 30, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Today is the last day of World Kid Lit Month (#WorldKidLit) as well as International Translation Day (#ITD2017). Here, we bring together a few of the issues facing Arabic children’s literature and make suggestions for a start at bringing the best of Arabic children’s literature into English.

• Friday Finds: Watch Two Talks About Cartoonists, in Egypt and Libya

  By mlynxqualey on September 29, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  In the last ten days, there have been two big talks about comics and cartoonists, one by Libyan poet-translator-media mogul-doctor-blogger Ghazi Gheblawi, in London, and the other by author-artist-scholar-blogger Jonathan Guyer at Harvard.

• A Peek at Dina Mohamed’s ‘Shubeik Lubeik,’ Grand-prize Winner at CairoComix3

  By mlynxqualey on September 28, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  Dina Mohamed — who previously won “Best Digital Comic” at the inaugural CairoComix for her superhero-focused Qahera — took the Grand Prize at this year’s CairoComix Festival for her Shubeik Lubeik, or, roughly, Abracadabra:  Egyptian illustrator and designer Dina Mohamed wrote on her… Read More ›

• Sinan Antoon Wins 2017 Prix de la Littérature Arabe with ‘Seul le Grenadier’

  By mlynxqualey on September 27, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  The jury also awarded two special mentions to Moroccan novelist Yasmine Chami for her novel “Mourir est un enchantement” and to author Khaled Khalifa and translator Rania Samara for “No Knives in the Kitchens of This City.” Both authors will receive a €4,000 prize.

• 5 Must-translates from Literary Agent Yasmina Jraissati

  By mlynxqualey on September 26, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Jraissati promises: “A novel by one the most interesting emerging voices in Lebanon”; a new novel by Man Booker International finalist Hoda Barakat; novelist by International Prize for Arabic Fiction-shortlisted novelists Youssef Fadel, of Morocco, and Najwa Bin Shatwan, of Libya; and a new nonfiction work by PEN Pinter-winning Syrian novelist and activist Samar Yazbek.

• Should Roger Waters #NametheTranslator in Song Written Around Darwish Poem?

  By mlynxqualey on September 25, 2017 • ( 3 )

  

  “And the translator is once again invisible, almost incidental. Not only is s/he anonymous but, because the lyrics are not even presented as the translation that they – for the most part – are, their creative labour is totally brushed aside.”

• Sunday Submissions: Graywolf Press Africa Prize, Translations Eligible

  By mlynxqualey on September 24, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  “All submissions must be full-length, previously unpublished novel manuscripts in English, and translations are acceptable. Applicants may have had prior books, as long as none of these were a novel. Submissions must be made electronically, via Submittable, between October 1 and October 31, 2017.”

• Books by Kaouther Adimi, Kamel Daoud, Charif Madjalani, and Mahi Binebine Make Fall French Prize Lists

  By mlynxqualey on September 23, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  “…with the most longlistings to Algerian author Kaouther Adimi’s ‘Nos richesses’.”

• Friday Finds: Ahmad Yamani’s ‘The Scream,’ Trans. Robin Moger

  By mlynxqualey on September 22, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  My sister screamed in the night

  Take me to my brother’s house

  And there she screamed that same night

  No no! Take me back to the house of my father

• Opening Tomorrow: The Third Annual CairoComix Festival

  By mlynxqualey on September 21, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  It will feature seven main events, fourteen core artists, and many opportunities to work, learn, and buy new comics.

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