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.
“Although translations of grown-ups’ Arabic literature have seen a sharp uptick in the last two decades, translations of Arabic children’s literature have not.”
” Like most graduate students, I had decided that I didn’t have time to read for fun. So I had failed to nurture a part of myself that ended up being key in my creative and scholarly endeavors. Goodreads helped me, especially through its recommendations feature.”
“But Raba’i al-Madhoun (IPAF) and Mazen Maarouf (Al-Multaqa) were not the only Palestinian authors to win accolades this year.”
The shortlists for the Etisalat Award for Arabic Children’s Literature have been announced: The YA list includes a novel by veteran children’s-book writer Rania Hussein Amin, author of the charming, […]
“The importance of having children, teens, and young adults engage with literature in translation — literature from other traditions, that builds on different discussions — is an essay for another day. But it is even more essential with Arabic literature[.]”
