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1989). Melanie Magidow, in collaboration with translator-poet Mbarek Sryfi, has won one of the fellowships to support the translation of Arabic malhun poetry by six Moroccan poets whose works range from the fifteenth to early twentieth centuries: ‘Abd al’Azīz al-Maghrāwī, al-Jīlālī Mtīrd, Muhuammad bin ‘Alī Wild Arzīn, ‘Abd al-Qādir al-‘Alamī, Thāmī al-Mdaghrī, and al-Makkī
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Omaima Sobhi took first prize in the category of “Best Short-story Collection by an Emerging Writer,” for her Visions of the Holy City (رؤى المدينة المقدسة), while second prize in that category went to two co-winners: Amira Badawi’s Six Places to Pray (ست زوايا للصلاة) and Mohamed Abdullah Sami’s Napoleon and the Monkey (نابليون والقرد).
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“And it will also be my first time.” The store owner looked confused. However, one person in the audience that night was so enchanted by Abdulmonam’s voice that he inadvertently told a friend: “I was at a party where Sheikh Abdulmonam sang. As soon as he hit the highway, he entered a district that was
Continue reading Short Fiction: Zuher Karim’s ‘The Awakening of Abdulmonam’
Sunday Submissions: Post-Millennial MENAWA Conference January 9, 2022January 6, 2022 by Leonie Rau The MENAWA Research and Reading Group is calling for papers for their online conference on ‘New Approaches to Literature, Translation, and Creative Expression’: The organizers write: This multidisciplinary conference seeks to examine MENAWA (Middle East/North Africa/ West Asia) creative expression through innovative
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On the Launch of RiveArabe, Dedicated to Arabic Literature in Italian January 7, 2022December 24, 2021 by mlynxqualey The website “riveArabe: Storie dal mondo arabo” recently launched, a nine-person collective of translators, authors, and academics working between Arabic and Italian. Will there be an interactive element? There is a lot of energy in Arabic literature
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He said a few things in Turkish and gestured for me to get back on the train. I entered the compartment and was surprised that everything had changed. The young man with the hunchback looked devasted. The weather was chilly, and the frigid air began to heighten my fear and diminish my hopes. A policeman then came, smiling broadly,
Continue reading An Excerpt from Poet Salah Niazi’s Memoir: ‘Curious Passengers’
Cell Block Five by Fadhil Al-Azzawi, 1972Beginning with an almost comedic event and ending with a cruel fate for the young protagonist, the novel conveys how destiny can distort a person’s life because of a mistake that authority often repeats and is rarely corrected. It took for a long time for Samuel Shimon to write and
Start to explore: Writers Select: Canonical Works & New Voices 30 Reads: A Month of Iraqi Women Writers Ali al-Tajer on Book-cover Design and Iraqi Stories Share this:TwitterFacebookEmailPrintLinkedInRedditTumblrWhatsAppPinterestTelegramPocketSkypeLike this:Like Loading… Find the section at arablit.org/iraq. Our first focus is IRAQ, curated by contributor Hend Saeed. Each month, we focus on a different country or borderless
AT: Around 30 art works had been used for book covers and magazines. The cover of Afaq Arabia How many of your artworks have been used as book cover and can you tell us about some of them? Share this:TwitterFacebookEmailPrintLinkedInRedditTumblrWhatsAppPinterestTelegramPocketSkypeLike this:Like Loading… In addition to his existing work being used on the covers of
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But then again so was the Ihsan Abdel Quddous novel it was based on, published in 1952.” El Shimi adds: Salah “Abu Seif made film adaptations of several of Abdel [Kouddous’s] novels during this period, resulting in Al-Wesada Al-Khalya (The Empty Pillow, 1957), La Anam (I Don’t Sleep, 1956) and Al-Banat Wal Seif (Girls and the Summer, 1960). Ihsan Abdel Kouddous:
By the end of the blessed month, Kafr Mamuna and Kafr Hatata had celebrated five marriages between them! The trifle of corn I own will scarcely be enough for the kids. Mu’allim Qura snapped back: — Are you saying the Directorate took the land and put it in its pocket? ‘Awadayn sneered: — No, by
Continue reading Short Story: ‘The Qur’an’ by Ihsan Abdel Kouddous
He didn’t read French, but he was very influenced by French writers, and by Italian writers. I think people saw Ihsan as diversion and entertainment as opposed to high literature. There are so many people I’ve talked to during this project who assume that the endings of the novel were the endings of the films.
She folded her arms around his neck and kissed him all over his face. As he was driving the car, he said: — This time it’s destiny! * Read more: An excerpt from I Do Not Sleep A Talk with Jonathan Smolin: On the Intersections of Abdel Kouddous’s Politics and His Fiction Ali Shakir: The
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On Publication Day, A Look Back: Ihsan Abdel Kouddous January 4, 2022January 4, 2022 by mlynxqualey Ihsan Abdel Kouddous’s I Do Not Sleep appears this month from Hoopoe Fiction, in Jonathan Smolin’s translation. This marks the first time Abdel Kouddous (1919-1990), one of the most popular Egyptian authors of the twentieth century, has seen a
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In an enticing riddle, Kushājim addresses the caliph with an artful description of a gift that he has recently sent him: * One verse of particular complexity is the second verse, which I found both beautiful and tricky to convey in translation: The verbs يُفْتَضَضْنَ (yuftaḍaḍna) and افْتُضَّتْ (iftuḍat) literally mean “to be broken into” or “deflowered” – as
Eligible for submission are contemporary novels that: were written and published in Arabic (anywhere, but not self-published) in 2020 or 2021;have not yet been translated and published in English;have not yet received a literary award;are by living authors (at the time of submission). Find all details on how to submit on the AUC Press’ website
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Asfour was also briefly Egypt’s culture minister, from Jan 30 to Feb 8, 2011, and then again in 2014-15. declared that the fatwa would “make a religious institution judge and jury over people’s consciences, and stand in the way of artistic freedom.” Asfour left the Supreme Council for Culture to create the National Translation Foundation,
One of the comix, El 3osba (The League), is available to read for free online in both English and Arabic. This diverse list showcases some of the exciting work going on in comix art in Arabic, in a wide array of styles, from Egypt, Lebanon, and Tunisia. Share this:TwitterFacebookEmailPrintLinkedInRedditTumblrWhatsAppPinterestTelegramPocketSkypeLike this:Like Loading… Read the
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Fares Sassine (1947-2021) Publisher Fares Sassine, according to Karim Bitar, was, “A brilliant, erudite professor of philosophy, historian and publisher, Fares had started writing an authoritative biography of his longtime companion Ghassan Tueni. This won him a prominent seat among Sudanese poets, especially those who write in the Sudanese dialect and have enthralling oral poetic
– Portrait Two – “Ma—” Hazina woke up with a start to her daughter’s feeble voice. The knowledgeable Sheikh Fadil reckoned that it must be the angel of death. Sheikh Fadil tilted Bakhit’s frail face in the direction of the sacred qibla and gently pressed against his chin before pouring a mouthful of water between
Continue reading From the FOLK Issue: ‘Death in Three Portraits’