PalFest an ‘Attack on Arabic’?
Yesterday’s PalFest wrap-up in Al Jazeera, penned by Sousan Hammad, provides sharp criticism for this and other literary events in the region. Her main criticism is that core PalFest events—as […]
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Do E-Books Leave Arabs ‘Cold’?
First off, let’s just say there is something faintly irritating about this headline, from The Media Line, which links Arabs, e-books, and moral temperature. Arabs—I know I get boring; I […]
Kotob Khan’s Arabic Bestsellers for April 2010
Thanks to Kotob Khan for making these available. Diwan also posts some bestsellers here, although their ranking or time frame isn’t clear. I have not seen bestseller lists from other […]
Best 100 Arabic Books (According to the Arab Writers Union): 71-80
This is where you’ll find 1-10 (and an explanation of this project), and here’s 11-20, 21-30, 31-40, 41-50, 51-60, and 61-70. Please do help me out with errors and omissions. […]
Ahdaf Soueif on ‘Truer’ Translation
The award-winning author Ahdaf Soueif was the last to appear at this year’s series of talks by translators at the American University in Cairo. And Soueif, unlike her predecessors in […]
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