Iman Mersal: The Limits and Pleasures of Egyptian Womanhood @edbookfest
Iman Mersal discusses her astounding novel, contemporary Egyptian womanhood, and how translation takes words ‘to new languages and homes’ with poet and writer Mona Kareem.
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Hoda Barakat: Lost Voices of the Arab Spring @edbookfest
In this event the acclaimed Lebanese writer Hoda Barakat discusses her new novel, translated into English by International Booker-winning translator Marilyn Booth.
Samar Yazbek: Escapism for Survival @edbookfest
Leading Syrian author Samar Yazbek joins the Edinburgh International Book Festival live from France to discuss the vital role of the imagination in the struggle for survival.
Going on Now: Arab and Arabic Events at the Free, Online Edinburgh Book Fest
The Edinburgh International Book Fest is going on now through the end of the month. This year, events are free, and there are a number of Arab- and Arabic-literature-focused events.
5 Books: Arabic Literature at the 2019 Edinburgh International Book Festival
In addition to events by acclaimed Anglophone Arab authors such as Leila Aboulela and Layla AlAmmar, there will be at least four Arabic-focused events at this year’s Edinburgh International Book Festival, all featuring authors with books recently published in translation.