This short list is drawn off recommendations that came in through Twitter.
’67 Children’: A Friday Poem by Ahlam Bsharat
"67 mothers calling"
Friday Finds: Two Poems by Ameer Hamad
"These two poems translated by Katharine Halls are small enough to carry in one’s palm; they utilise a mode of poetic witness attuned to distillation, frankness, and the startling force of an ending."
‘The Cat Cow’ by Ahlam Bsharat
"I want to hug the cat named Cow, who survived the war"
New Poetry by Ahlam Bsharat: ‘I Saw a Dead Road on the Road’
"I saw a dead road on the road / & left it there"
Banipal Issue 70: ‘Mahmoud Shukair, Writing Jerusalem’
The Spring 2021 issue of Banipal, their 70th, has a special focus on Palestinian author Mahmoud Shukair.
Today: Join Palestinian & South African Poets for ‘Writing is a Cultural Weapon’
"We feature South African writers reading the poetry and prose of Palestinian writers (with some hopefully joining us, subject to availability during these trying circumstances)."
#TranslateThis: 15 Great Palestinian Books for Young Readers
An earlier version of this list ran at the website of the translation collective ArabKidLitNow; they will have more suggestions of Palestinian literature for young readers to translate in the coming months.
Nakba Day: Free Palestinian Ebooks, Magazines, More Recommended Reading
There are at least two digital Nakba Day events today; one with poet Najwan Darwish and another the kickoff events for Palestine Art Week: Also to mark Nakba Day, which commemorates Palestinians' ongoing, 73-year resistance to expulsion from their homes and lands, Saqi Books is offering 20 Palestinian e-books from their back catalog free to … Continue reading Nakba Day: Free Palestinian Ebooks, Magazines, More Recommended Reading
Sunday Submissions: ‘Strange Horizons’ Call for Palestinian Speculative Fiction
They are open for submissions through January 31, 2021.
Afro, Indigenous, and Palestinian Futurisms: Writing Across Space and Time
This is where M. Asli Dukan has arrived in her own work, as she moves away from the label of Afrofuturism towards a more unifying vision, what she has started to call “abolitionist futurisms.”
Aida Bamia on Why ‘My First and Only Love’ Was Such An Emotional Translation Experience
" This novel was the most emotional for me to translate, as it also marked the end of a comfortable childhood for me and my siblings, and the beginning of a life in exile."
