“Narrating the Middle East” is an exciting virtual Arab literary festival taking place on Tuesday, May 17 and Wednesday May 18, 2022.
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New Poetry: Samar Abdel Jaber’s ‘Four Years Without You’
“Perhaps you think poetry / is a waste of time, for eternity can’t be rendered in languages / and death after death / has a different name.”
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Friday Finds: Must-watch Special Episode of ‘Maqsouda’ on Palestinian Poetry
“Poets Zeina Hashem Beck and Farah Chamma, co-hosts of the podcast Maqsouda, share a one-time video special filmed by Hind Shoufani.”
Read moreUpcoming Events: Abu Dhabi International Book Fair, Arabic Publishing during the Cold War & More
A few upcoming online events, through the end of May.
Read moreUpcoming Events: Poet Najwan Darwish, Palestine Art Week Begins, More
A few upcoming events taking place online.
Read moreUpcoming Events: ‘The Arabic Design Library’, Najwan Darwish & more
A few upcoming online events.
Read moreUpcoming Events: ‘The Common’ Launch, ‘Making Film in Egypt,’ & more
A few upcoming online events.
Read moreFriday Finds: ‘Music Is One of the Homes I Carry With Me Wherever I Go’
“I wrote the poems for the singers of the Arab world that you mention at a time where their music helped me grieve and dance. Their music is one of the homes I carry with me wherever I go.”
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Friday Finds: ‘Ode to Lebanon’
The video was taken on October 19, when Hashem Beck read at the Rugby Tavern in London as part of the London launch of her Laureate’s Choice Anthology: There Was and How Much There Was.
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