In an essay that originally appeared in Turkish, novelist Süreyyya Evren explores the deaths in works by Ghassan Kanafani and Adania Shibli.Continue Reading
In addition to Out of Time: The Collected Short Stories of Samira Azzam, translated by Ranya Abdelrahman, we also recommend these five collections.Continue Reading
Coming in July, books from Lebanon and Palestine.Continue Reading
Tomorrow: Futures of Resistance is a virtual panel on Arab and Palestinian Futurism, organized by the PYM, and co-sponsored by RAWI and Palestine Writes.Continue Reading
A few upcoming online events.Continue Reading
“Celebrated novelist and short-story writer Ghassan Kanafani was born on this day in 1936. Almost fifty years have passed since his assassination at the age of just 36.”Continue Reading
“Kanafani made me aware of the importance of being part of what is happening in your generation. You cannot be an outsider.”Continue Reading
But perhaps no adaptation of Kanafani’s work has stirred as much controversy as the recent Hebrew staging of the novella “Return to Haifa,” its (unauthorized) English-language staging in Chicago, and its forthcoming “sur-titled” Hebrew (with a sprinkling of Arabic) performances in Washington, D.C.Continue Reading
According to the Emerging Writers Network (as well as a few lit mags and media outlets), May is not just the month of workers and flowers, but is also Short Story Month. To celebrate, you’ll surely need to crack open a collection from the Arabic language’s short-story genius, Yusuf Idris.Continue Reading
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