Forthcoming Nov 2024: Classics, New and Old
In November 2024, two deceased giants of Arabic literature — Elias Khoury and Radwa Ashour — have new English translations of their work. In Ashour’s case, her classic Granada is […]
Kareem James Abu-Zeid
Najwan Darwish and Kareem James Abu-Zeid Win 2022 Sarah Maguire Prize
“In its direct, stripped-back lines, the collection demonstrates both the limits and the necessity of language, inviting us to ask, together, how we can move through and beyond suffering.”
Two Titles from Arabic Make 2022 Shortlist of Sarah Maguire Prize for Poetry in Translation
“The translation of poetry is poetry stretched to its very limits.”
On the Translation of NTA-shortlisted ‘Exhausted on the Cross’
The American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) announced yesterday that Najwan Darwish and Kareem James Abu-Zeid’s Exhausted on the Cross was one of the four-book shortlist for their poetry prize, alongside works by Mandelstam (tr. Peter France), Dante (tr. D. M. Black), and atalka Bilotserkivets (tr. Ali Kinsella and Dzvinia Orlowsky).
afikra Book Club: Kareem James Abu-Zeid
Join this interview with translator Kareem James Abu-Zeid about his translations of Rabee Jaber’s novel Confessions and poet Najwan Darwish’s collection Exhausted on the Cross as part of the afikra Book Club series.
Najwan Darwish and the Politics/Poetics of Translating Exhaustion
“Translators of Palestinian poetry, in addition to untangling the poetics of pain (or in our case, exhaustion), carry the additional burden of making people listen.”
What Does It Take to Translate the Intangible?
The Center for Fiction is hosting their last Translation Clinic of the year, “What Does it Take to Translate the Intangible?” with Kareem James Abu-Zeid and Alta L. Price.
Darwish and Abu-Zeid, Gzar and Hutchins Longlisted for 2022 PEN Awards
Yesterday, PEN America announced the longlists for their 2022 literary awards, including the two categories for work in translation.
Arab Poetry through the Ages: A Journey in Translation with Kareem James Abu-Zeid
In this hybrid talk/reading, Kareem James Abu-Zeid will take us on a whirlwind journey through Arab poetry, using his own recent translations as stopping points.