April Translation Challenge: Konafa v. Qatayef
For our most recent Translation Challenge, hosted by Adam Talib, participants tried their hand at translating an 1882 text on taxation by ʿAbd Allāh an-Nadīm, and the results were “cruel […]
Poetry
Gaza Poet Mosab Abu Toha, in conversation with Mary Karr
The Markaz Review and City Lights in conjunction with the Middle Eastern Children’s Alliance celebrate the publication of Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza, by Mosab Abu Toha.
Syrian Poets Today and Elsewhere
Join RAWI for the first gathering of its kind, of Syrian poets writing today and from elsewhere in the diaspora.
Bilal Orfali: Walking in the Steps of Poets: Courtly Themes in Early Sufism
As the second lecture of the DVP Bayard Dodge Sprin 2022 Lecture series, Bilal Orfali will give a talk in Arabic on “Walking in the Steps of Poets: Courtly Themes in Early Sufism.”
Sunday Submissions: Action Books Open Reading Period
US publisher Action Books is inviting submissions of poetry in translation through March 2022.
Lit & Found: Five Poems by French-Algerian Poet Souad Labbize
“I don’t know what to make
of the reasons to love you
an early season
begins and ends
in the midst of another
we don’t even have to
change our clothes”
Listen to the Mourners: The Essential Poems of Nāzik al-Malā’ika
‘Abdulwāḥid Lu’lu’a is discussing Nāzik Al-Malā’ika’s poems on 1/28, 6:00pm–7:00pm GMT, from Cambridge. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83547890773?pwd=aVcxTTU5Nk02dGQxeXZrTi8zM3Zndz09&fbclid=IwAR0HCOMqcquriLLG5VeXmuQvbuSBlM3mDZzJUsA9P9IIkvN7ORqJyzn8Sk4#success
Translation Talks: Khaled Mattawa and Sarah Riggs
The Griffin Poetry Prize is excited to launch their new series Translation Talks, with the first session taking place on Thursday, January 27th at 7pm ET on Zoom, featuring Khaled Mattawa in conversation with Sarah Riggs.
Mizna’s Experimental Issue: Virtual Launch
Join Mizna in launching The Experimental Issue, guest-edited by Tarik Dobbs, with TWENTY ONE AUTHORS.