Reading the Arabian Nights
Elias Muhanna speaks with editor Paulo Lemos Horta, translator Yasmine Seale, and speculative fiction writer S. A. Chakraborty about the new translation of the 1001 Nights. Plus, a special reading by actor Marjan Neshat.
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Elias Muhanna: Arabic’s Not Dying, It’s Being (Re)born
Elias Muhanna, the blogger behind Qifa Nabki (which usually discusses Lebanese politics, but every so often talks linguistics), has an article in today’s The National about the so-called death of […]
Antoon: Five Could’ve Been Fifty, Youssef: Fifty(-Nine) It Is!
Sinan Antoon responded to my book request just after I’d posted the list for Take the Arabic Lit Summer Reading Challenge, and Win. If you don’t know who Antoon is, […]
5 Arabic Books (in English) to Read ‘Before You Die’
Well, perhaps this one was a bit morbid: The “Five Before You Die” was a feature we ran back in the summer 2010; by now, there are now many more […]
The (Arabic) Children’s Book Dilemma
Yesterday, I got a very well-timed email from blogger Elias Muhanna. Lately, I’ve been trying to get together an Arabic story time or Arabic toddler book group for my two-year-old. […]