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An Overview of 2021 Releases: 30+ Arabic Books in English Translation
A preview of literary works of Arabic forthcoming in English translation in 2021.
Sherin Younis on Motherhood, Dreams, and ‘A Fish in Search of Its Limbs’
“Nobody has the power to impose a limit on the madness of dreams and their ideas, and consequently nobody can judge you for that.”
Abdallah Zrika’s ‘Funeral of the Snow Grenade’
“A dead language in the throat of a dead poet. Assassins only wait for the day of the feast. Cemeteries are only full of white beds.”
Winners in First-ever Barjeel Poetry Prize Hail from Palestine, Nigeria, UK, US, Egypt, and Beyond
“The winners and runners-up live in Nigeria, Lebanon, the US, Russia, the UK, Egypt, Palestine, and the UAE, with further origins in Pakistan, Syria, Palestine, and beyond. The youngest winner is 15-year-old Batool Abu Akleen, a student in Gaza.”
Working on ‘Warda’: ‘Challenging in all the Ways a Translation Project Could Be’
“Like I say, it’s fleeting, but I could write a whole memoir, I think, just about getting that sentence translated.”
Fundraising Campaign: The Edward Said Libraries in Gaza
The new fundraising campaign, which seeks to raise $20,000 US, is not only to fund and support the library’s existing projects, but also to start new ones.
Three Poems by Sargon Boulus Award-Winning Emad Abu Saleh
“They were not sieving, / But dancing to the rhythm.”
Enass Khansa and Bilal Orfali on Editing a Series of Classical Arabic Texts for Young Readers
“Something that I was aware of growing up in Syria, but more now that I’m in Lebanon, is that classical Arabic literature is associated with many things, but it’s not associated with being a space for creative and experimental thinking. So I think the main idea for both of us with this is experimental.”