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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.Continue Reading

Tomorrow: Futures of Resistance

Tomorrow: Futures of Resistance is a virtual panel on Arab and Palestinian Futurism, organized by the PYM, and co-sponsored by RAWI and Palestine Writes.Continue Reading

Beidth al Tbeet: Deconstructing the political history of an Iraqi Jewish meal

In this workshop, siblings Sam and Annabel Rabiyah, will uplift stories of cultural displacement, untold political memory, and anti-Zionist resistance through an Iraqi-Jewish lens.Continue Reading

Notes: Portal for Arabic iBooks Coming Soon, ‘Jordan Festival’ Eschews Lit, Abu Dhabi Fair Cuts Back Invites

In the last few days, a number of stories have seemed worth mentioning—but they’re stories about which I don’t have enough knowledge to comment. So I thought I’d do as others do, and make a list of links.Continue Reading

An Excerpt from Faleeha Hassan’s ‘War And Me’
“From the events I recount in this memoir, you will understand that next to my name in the Unknown World or beside it at the moment I was born, the only comment inscribed must have been: ‘Faleeha Hassan will coexist with war for most of the years of her life.'”
Sudanese Writer Reem Gaafar Makes 2023 Island Prize Longlist
Organizers have announced the longlist for the 2023 Island Prize for a Debut Novel from Africa.
Rewriting National History from a Personal Perspective: Hiyem Cheurfa on Arab Women’s Life Writing
This March, Hiyem Cheurfa’s new book Contemporary Arab Women’s Life Writing and the Politics of Resistance appeared as part of Edinburgh Studies in Modern Arabic Literature series. In it, Cheurfa takes us on a journey through a number of women’s memoirs, written in the context of twenty-first century uprisings. In this conversation, the author talks about the challenges and the difficulties of writing this book and how the texts she studied changed her life.
Lit & Found: ‘Sudanese Novels Through Time’
Over at Kotobli, they have posted a new list; this time, of Sudanese novels through time. The list was curated by Sudanese-American writer Razan Idris.