Adabiyat Book Club: ‘Gate of the Sun’ by Elias Khoury
2022-07-04
Adabiyat Book Club will meet on Sunday, October 2 at 12 pm EST via Zoom to discuss Elias Khoury’s novel Gate of the Sun.Continue Reading
Upcoming Events: Bilad al-Sham Libraries, Banipal Prize Celebration, ‘Archives of the Disappeared,’ More
2021-02-13
We continue our series of events listings, which appear each Saturday as long as online, open-access events remain popular.Continue Reading
New Books in 2019 from Douaihy, Khalifa, Khoury
2019-03-02
Yasmina Jraissati of the RAYA Agency — a finalist for one of the 2019 London Book Fair awards — announced three new and forthcoming titles by high-profile authors that she’s added to her spring list.Continue Reading
Friday Finds: Elias Khoury and ‘The Eloquence of Silence’
2019-01-11
“The novel is about the politics of telling and hearing, seeing and blindness, truth and the possibility of finding it. It is about the impossibility of linear stories, the problems of history,the power of fiction, and the many many registers of silence.”Continue Reading
On Banipal’s ‘100 Best Arabic Novels’
2018-11-19
“Usefully, the Banipal list is not just a list, but also includes brief introductions to both the works and their authors, as well as some contextualization.”Continue Reading
Friday Finds: Talks with Ahmed Saadawi, Elias Khoury, & Youssef Rakha
2018-11-16
“What I mean by this is only in English could I fully inhabit and write from the perspective of a woman. I have no idea why, but I’m sure it’s nothing to do with the nature of English itself as a language.”Continue Reading
4 ‘PEN Translates’ Awards Go To Arabic Titles
2018-07-06
Also for the first time this year, the majority of winning titles are by women. These include books by Sudanese writer Rania Mamoun and Syrian Dima Wannous.Continue Reading
And the Winner of the Saif Ghobash Prize for Arabic Literary Translation Is…
2011-01-17
Sometimes, being the runner-up isn’t so bad. Particularly, well, if you’re runner-up to yourself. The Ghobash results:
The Winner Humphrey Davies
Runner-up Humphrey Davies
Runner-up Kareem James Abu-ZeidContinue Reading
Who Wins the Arab Nobel, 2010?
2010-10-02
The Swedish Academy has chosen the winner of the 2010 Nobel literature prize, according to the Associated Press. However, they won’t announce their decision until October 7. Peter Englund, secretary of the academy, declined to give the AP reporter any hints about the academy’s choice. He did acknowledge a trendContinue Reading
