Sunday Submissions: LAAF 2022 Artist Callout
2021-12-26
Liverpool Arab Arts Festival (LAAF) is inviting artistic proposals for their 2022 festival.Continue Reading
From ALQ: Football Chants and a Football-issue Playlist
2021-09-29
“This chant reflects the intersections of football, politics, socioeconomics, migration, and the feelings of hogra. For those who want to escape the ills of the homeland, the wooden boat is often a symbol of their freedom.”Continue Reading
The #Jan25 Revolution and the ‘Liberation’ of Arabic Literature
2011-02-19
The good thing is, there is something deep in the Egyptian culture that values reading and writing—we need to unearth it. I really rely more on the kids and younger generations; they will be the real drive behind prospect of change.Continue Reading
Best 100 Arabic Books (According to the Arab Writers Union): 71-80
2010-04-30
This is where you’ll find 1-10 (and an explanation of this project), and here’s 11-20, 21-30, 31-40, 41-50, 51-60, and 61-70. Please do help me out with errors and omissions. 71 Seventh day of Creation by Iraqi writer Abdel Khaliq al-Rikabi Al-Rikabi’s acclaimed novel Sabi’a Ayaam al-Khalq (Seventh Day ofContinue Reading
Ahdaf Soueif on ‘Truer’ Translation
2010-04-29
The award-winning author Ahdaf Soueif was the last to appear at this year’s series of talks by translators at the American University in Cairo. And Soueif, unlike her predecessors in the series—Denys Johnson-Davies, Humphrey Davies, Jonathan Wright—seemed to studiously avoid discussing translation. In the past, Soueif has been a vocalContinue Reading
