Winning translator Sarah Enany of the novel The Girl With Braided Hair and her author Rasha Adly in conversation with chair of judges Prof Roger Allen, along with readings in both languages and a Q&A.Continue Reading
Join this interview with translator and scholar of Arabic literature Roger Allen as part of the afikra Conversations series.Continue Reading
Join this (virtual) conference on Arabic literary theory, hosted at Columbia University.Continue Reading
This year’s four judges are translator-scholar Roger Allen, a previous winner of the Banipal prize; publisher Rosemarie Hudson; scholar and educator Ronak Husni; and culture-sector consultant Caroline McCormick.Continue Reading
After a good deal of debate, the judges of the 2019 ArabLit Story Prize settled on a four-story shortlist, with works by Mahmoud Hosny, Najwa Bin Shatwan, Mohamed Al-Ashry, and Samar Nour.Continue Reading
“We can’t know what Mahfouz intended to do with the fictions collected into ‘The Quarter’. He might have considered them complete and ready for publication, or they might have been the seeds of a new novel.”Continue Reading
“It’s all so damn tantalizing, you know?”Continue Reading
Saqi Books announced today that they will publish the as-yet-untitled collection, in Roger Allen’s translation, in autumn 2019.Continue Reading
I’m behind the times! The EURAMAL (European Association for Modern Arabic Literature) conference took place more than a week ago, and I have yet said absolutely nothing about it. Thanks to Paola at “Invisible Arabs” for waking me from my slumber. This go-round, the conference focused on “Desire, Pleasure andContinue Reading
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