Lately, I find the adage "Egypt writes, Lebanon publishes, Iraq reads" gives me a stab in the heart.
French-Arabic Translator Richard Jacquemond to Speak at AUC
Richard Jacquemond, who has translated a number of key Egyptian novels (Zaat, Amreekanli) and written about the poetics of translation as well as about the social and literary history of Egypt (Conscience of a Nation), will be speaking at the AUC next month.