“. In short, this book can be integrated into any Arabic teaching curriculum as a supplement, and it can be enjoyed on its own by the linguistically curious, cultural enthusiasts, and art lovers of every description.”
As is our tradition for December 21, a list of 21 short stories for the shortest day of the year.
“And remember: talking about periods in fus7a is not insulting, because periods are not insulting!”
“Greek readers come to various presentations and it’s then you realize Arabic literature translations have to grow in Greece, because people are interested. They just need to get familiar with it.”
“She is the one who has become his widow, and I am a woman of sin who deserves to be stoned, who steals men from the warmth of their homes.”
Arab and Arabic literary events in some form of translation.
In addition to the $20,000 monetary award, the prize will also provide support toward the collection’s English-language translation and publication.
“In 2011, upon my return from Syria with a bag full of books by Tamer and others, I began translating some of the stories for fun, to keep up my Arabic, and to ‘test’ my mother tongue and its potential. Can Arabic be translated into an uncodified language like ours?”
I have an unhealthy fascination with translational gossip. So when I was reading Edward Said’s 1989 afterword to Elias Khoury’s Little Mountain—an afterword I don’t like, as it fixates on […]
