Nomadics

March 29, 2018

A Conversation with Yamen Manai and Pierre Joris

TALK SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 2018 3:00 PM IN FRENCH. FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. NO RSVP NECCESARY. ALBERTINE 972 FIFTH AVENUE NEW YORK, UNITED STATES GET DIRECTIONS WEBSITE SHARE ON On April 9,...

Arab Culture / Arabic / Iraq / Israel / Mashreq / Palestinian people

March 27, 2018

Women’s Nonfiction on Political Detention: From Iraq to Palestine

via Arabic Literature (in English) & MLYNXQUALEY on MARCH 27, 2018 • ( 0 ) “Keep still, the stories will come to you if you listen” By Nora Parr Photo by Amal Eqeiq Between...

Arab Culture / Colonialism / Human rights / Israel / Middle East / Palestinian people

March 23, 2018

Uri Avnery: Son of a Dog

24.3.18 THE CLOSER Mahmoud Abbas gets to the end of his reign, the more extreme his language becomes. Recently he spoke about Donald Trump and uttered the words “May your house be destroyed”. In...

Arab Culture / Arabic / Autobiography / Mashreq / Translation

March 19, 2018

Teaching with Arabic Literature in Translation: ‘Arab Women Memoirs, Writing Feminist History’

via Arab Lit (in English) & BY AMALEQ on MARCH 19, 2018 • ( 0 ) ArabLit’s ongoing series on Teaching with Arabic Literature in Translation continues with a conversation between ArabLit’s editor and...

Uncategorized

March 16, 2018

Teaching with Arabic Literature in Translation: ‘Narrating Conflict’ and ‘Literary Legacies of War in Lebanon’

Via Arab Lit (in English) & BY MLYNXQUALEY on MARCH 12, 2018 • ( 0 ) ArabLit’s ongoing series on Teaching with Arabic Literature in Translation continues with a conversation between ArabLit’s editor and...

Epistemology / Philosophy

March 14, 2018

Say goodbye to the information age: it’s all about reputation now

by Gloria Origgi, Via Aeon Not faking it. From the Apollo 15 mission. Photo NASA There is an underappreciated paradox of knowledge that plays a pivotal role in our advanced hyper-connected liberal democracies: the greater...

Mashreq / Palestine / Poetry

March 13, 2018

On Mahmoud Darwish’s Birthday, 13 Poems

via Arab Lit (in English) & the indefatigable Marcia Lynx Qualey: The Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish (d. 2008) was born in al-Birwa on this day in 1941. To commemorate his entrance into our world...

Book Presentation / Celebration / Essays

March 12, 2018

“Jonathan Williams: Lord of the Orchards”

Wish I could be at Scuppernong Books in Greensboro NC, for editor Jeffery Beams, and contributors Alex Albright, Thorns Craven, Neal Hutcheson, & Tom Patterson’ presentation of their excellent book Jonathan Williams: Lord of the Orchards on Thursday, March...

Intellectuals / Literature / Maghreb

March 9, 2018

Juan Goytisolo – Tangier, Havana and the Treasonous Intellectual

Wow! Two days in a row I’m reposting Arab Lit (in English). Today Marcia Lynx Qualey brings up (& sends us to a dossier on) one of my very favorite Spanish-born Maghrebi-by-choice writers: Juan...

Arab Culture / Literature

March 8, 2018

8 Short Stories by Arab Women for International Women’s Day

Via Arab Literature (in English) & BY MLYNXQUALEY : Your gift for International Women’s Day is eight great short stories by Arab women, in translation, available free online: By artist Helen Zughaib, in an exhibition...