New Frontiers for Arabic Literature & Translation
This special event taking place as part of the Dubai Expo is for literary translators, publishers, writers and other professionals involved in Arabic literature and translation.
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afikra Conversations: Translator Roger Allen
Join this interview with translator and scholar of Arabic literature Roger Allen as part of the afikra Conversations series.
Published in 2021: Arabic Literature in Catalan, English, Euskera, French, German, Greek, Italian, Malayalam, Portuguese, Spanish, & Turkish Translation
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Translation as Haven: Dwelling in the Language of the In-Between
Emma Ramadan will discuss her relationship to translation and how translating texts that exist outside the domain of classical French—particularly experimental literature and works from North Africa and the Arab World—has opened up space for new language and new meanings, and in turn allowed for the discovery of a personal haven in the in-between.
Mona Kareem: ‘Translation against National Literature, The Gulf Example’
In this talk, Dr. Mona Kareem (Tufts Center for Humanities) will share with us her research project around modern literature in the Arab Gulf. Kareem’s project applies a transnational framework […]
The Art of Reviewing Literature in Translation
The National Book Critics Circle will hold a panel with literary translators and critics, discussing strategies for book critics reviewing a work in translation.
Symposium on Translation and the Making of Arab American Community
This Symposium on Translation and the Making of Arab American Community will include a panel featuring Khaled Mattawa, Fady Joudah, and Dunya Mikhail as well as a reading by Dunya Mikhail.
Mini Symposium on Arabic Literature in Translation
This mini symposium proposes to investigate modern Arabic literature in translation. The translation of Arabic texts has a complicated history, incorporating publishers’ reticence to publish translations, politics, gender, as well as difficulties of situating Arabic literature within the all-encompassing world literature.
Translation as Activism: The Political Responsibility of the Translator in the 21st Century
Join this event for International Translation Day, hosted by Goethe-Institut London featuring Charlotte Ryland, Anna von Rath, Canan Marasligil, and Yousif M Qasmiyeh.