Tunisian World Cup Team: 23 Writers
2018-06-23
Again, remember, writers must be living to play, so sadly no Saghir Oulad Ahmed, Mahmoud Messadi, Muhammad Salih al-Jabri, Houcine El Oued, or Aboul-Qacem Echebbi.Continue Reading
New in Translation: Hussein Habasch, Tarek al-Tayeb, Kamel Riahi, More
2012-01-09
Jadaliyya‘s culture section has suddenly burst back into flower this new year, with work by three different poets, two novel excerpts, and a short story. NOVEL EXCERPTS A short excerpt of Kamel Riahi’s al-Ghurila (The Gorilla) has been translated here by Elliott Colla. The excerpt, titled “Dog Hunting,” is chilling.Continue Reading
Reading Tunisian Author Kamel Riahi on Revolt
2011-01-12
As I waited on news this morning about a rumored coup in Tunisia, I thought I’d re-read Kamel Riahi, who says of his stories that they reflect “the lives of the poor [in Tunisia], the homeless, the shoe polishers, الشطّار, young criminals, prostitutes, crushed employees, sailors and street peddlers.”Continue Reading
Bilingual ‘Emerging Arab Voices: Nadwa 1’ to be Launched Next Week; Nadwa 2 Happening Now
2010-10-20
Publishing Perspectives had a piece yesterday about the “Arabic Booker’s” first nadwa (held last November), and the fiction anthology it has spawned: Emerging Arab Voices: Nadwa 1.Continue Reading
What (or Who) Is Tunisian Literature?
2010-10-10
When the latest issue of Banipal was released (39: Tunisian Literature), the MLA Division on Arabic Literature and Culture commented on Facebook:
New Banipal issue is devoted to Tunisian Literature–a nice gesture, but is that really it? Is that Tunisian literature? (Anyhow, let’s just say, it’s better than nothing)Continue Reading
