Lit & Found: Haytham El-Wardany’s ‘The Suspended Step’
2023-04-21
“I sat in the shade at the tram stop, smoking a cigarette and watching the heavy traffic that clogged the street.”Continue Reading
Preview: Translations, Quotes from Authors in ‘Arabic Literature in Berlin’ Discussion
2021-07-07
The panel “Arabic Literature in Berlin” is the kickoff event for the 2021 BILA HUDOOD: Arabic Literature Everywhere digital festival, supported by the Royal Society for Literature. Get a preview of works by the participating authors, translators, and publishers.Continue Reading
BILA HUDOOD: Arabic Literature in Berlin
2021-07-01
This panel shines a spotlight on Berlin as a centre of Arabic-language literary production. Prose writer Haytham El-Wardany, playwright Liwaa Yazji, and Arabic-German translator Sandra Hetzl will reflect on the recent upsurge of Arabic writing taking place in the city and discuss themes and styles that emerge in this body of work, and theContinue Reading
‘BILA HUDOOD: Arabic Literature Everywhere’ Announces Schedule of Events
2021-07-01
‘BILA HUDOOD: Arabic Literature Everywhere,’ an inaugural online literary festival funded by the Royal Society of Literature, is pleased to announce out full schedule of events, set for July 9-11.Continue Reading
Katharine Halls Wins PEN/Heim to Translate Haytham El-Wardany’s ‘Things That Can’t Be Fixed’
2021-01-20
Eleven projects from 10 languages have won 2021 PEN/Heim translation grants.Continue Reading
Friday Finds: Adania Shibli, Haytham el-Wardany, and Sinan Antoon in ‘Specimen’
2020-09-18
“Assuming that words’ eyes have also been gouged, this dossier asks: How can literature assist us in reclaiming the capacity to imagine a less monstrous form of togetherness today?”Continue Reading
