Lit & Found: ‘The Gifts of Movement,’ a Talk with Saïd Khatibi and Amara Lakhous
“I think the real migration for artists is the migration of languages.”Continue Reading
“I think the real migration for artists is the migration of languages.”Continue Reading
Saïd Khatibi is a novelist, travel writer, translator, and cultural journalist, born in 1984 in Bou Saâda, Algeria. He writes in Arabic and French and translates between both. He has a BA in French Literature from the University of Algiers and an MA in Cultural Studies from the Sorbonne. SarajevoContinue Reading
Saïd Khatibi is a novelist, travel writer, translator, and cultural journalist, born in 1984 in Bou Saâda, Algeria. He writes in Arabic and French and translates between both. He has a BA in French Literature from the University of Algiers and an MA in Cultural Studies from the Sorbonne. SarajevoContinue Reading
We asked a number of Iraqi writers, translators, and scholars to put together a list of their highlights from Iraqi literature. Continue Reading
Join the Banipal Book Club for a discussion of ‘Sarajevo Firewood’ by Algerian writer Saïd Khatibi, featuring its translator Paul Starkey.Continue Reading
“When the war began in Sarajevo I was a child. I was in southern Algeria then. We sang songs in school about the children of Sarajevo, and we saw pictures of what was happening there on TV.”Continue Reading
The novel was inspired, in part, by a 2018 workshop organized by me and Cherifa Kheddar, Director of the NGO Djazairouna, where we brought together survivors of the Algerian Civil war with writers, artists, psychologists, filmmakers and journalists. The objective was to translate first-hand testimonies into different media, including literature.Continue Reading
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