Lit & Found: Bouchaib Gadir’s ‘Small Dreams,’ ‘The Stranger,’ ‘Joy’
“The source of love opened / And a lily emerged.”
Kareem James Abu-Zeid
Upcoming Events: Poet Najwan Darwish, Palestine Art Week Begins, More
A few upcoming events taking place online.
Upcoming Events: ‘The Arabic Design Library’, Najwan Darwish & more
A few upcoming online events.
Upcoming Events: ‘The Common’ Launch, ‘Making Film in Egypt,’ & more
A few upcoming online events.
Upcoming Events: Fundraiser for Beirut, Adabiyat Book Club, Kayfa Ta & More
A few upcoming online events.
Friday Finds: Najwan Darwish, ‘An Afternoon in Albaicín’
“The news of your death reached me / one sweltering afternoon / as I sat with friends on a peak of Albaicín.”
Kareem James Abu-Zeid on Translating Imru al-Qays
“Rather than trying to mirror all the specific musical qualities of the Arabic, I’ve sought to capture the poetic feel of the Arabic through a modern musicality[.]”
10 By Najwan Darwish; Then You Be the Translator
My night moves
between the tunes of Sabah Fakhri
and the rhythms of Abdel Wahab
On Bringing the Mu‘allaqāt into English: ‘There’s Such a Divide That Needs To Be Crossed by the Translator’
“It allows me to be even more creative, I think, than I could be when translating modern prose. There’s such a divide that needs to be crossed by the translator, and that’s where the creativity comes in.”