Upcoming Events: Fundraiser for Beirut, Adabiyat Book Club, Kayfa Ta & More
2021-04-24
A few upcoming online events.Continue Reading
Upcoming Events: Translating Colloquial Poetry, Launching ‘Book of Ramallah’, Najwan Darwish Reading, More
2021-02-20
A selection of online events from the coming week.Continue Reading
Friday Finds: Three Poems and a Digital Book Launch with Najwan Darwish
2020-10-02
The launch of the new book — set for October 15 at 7 p.m. BST — will feature readings by Darwish and Alshaer, along with a discussion of the poems and the translation process with PTC commissioning editor Edward Doegar.Continue Reading
Friday Finds: Najwan Darwish, ‘An Afternoon in Albaicín’
2020-01-10
“The news of your death reached me / one sweltering afternoon / as I sat with friends on a peak of Albaicín.”Continue Reading
10 By Najwan Darwish; Then You Be the Translator
2018-10-08
My night moves
between the tunes of Sabah Fakhri
and the rhythms of Abdel WahabContinue Reading
For National Poetry Day: 10 from New or Forthcoming Collections
2018-10-04
Each time I begin to write about love
the other woman reaches out
and pushes my fingers from the keyboard
the lonely woman who lost everything
the wild woman
who looks like meContinue Reading
2 Arab Participants in U of Iowa’s 2010 International Writing Program
2010-08-21
Thanks to M.A. Orthofer at The Literary Saloon, I see that the University of Iowa International Writing Program has announced their 2010 International Writing Program participants. As Orthofer notes, these names are “worth paying attention to, some of these folk will certainly be heard from (or, better yet: read) soonerContinue Reading
