Gamal al-Ghitani on the 1,001 Nights and the Egyptian Cultural Scene
Gamal al-Ghitani is interviewed in this week’s Qantara, mostly on the topic of the latest legal wrangling over 1,001 Nights. With all due respect to a greater literary mind, I […]
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And the Arab Author on the ‘1,001 Books to Read Before You Die’ List Is…Is…
Anonymous. Unless I’m missing something, but I can’t see anything else. Of course, this is understandably an English-centric list (with sprinkles of Spanish translation, the great Russians, and a liberal […]
Well, This Isn’t Going to Help Us Read Arabic: The Kerfuffle Over /Arabian Nights/
A new English version of The Arabian Nights, translated by Malcolm and Ursula Lyons, is making its way around the English-speaking world. It’s apparently quite beautifully done, and also quite […]