Books

How does a translator re-create the effect of “distancing” a writer without pushing the reader to give up on the text? Ghada Mourad explores Marilyn ……Read More

Aaron Bady recently posted the transcript — lightly edited — of a Skype conversation he had with Egyptian author Miral al-Tahawy, author of the Naguib Mahfouz ……Read More

Now this could well be a first. Even though quite a few books are written on superstars, there are a few filmmakers too who have ……Read More

According to Iraqi playwright Hassan Abdulrazzak, today a wake is being held for short story-writer and novelist Mahmoud Albayaty. Albayaty, who died on the last day of October in ……Read More

On Nov. 10, Mona Kareem will give a talk at Binghamton University on how Gulf women writers adopt — or challenge — nationalist narratives: How, ……Read More

Last Monday, the Emirates Literature Foundation launched the Dubai International Writers’ Centre (DIWC) to “support aspiring writers and host inspiring literary events”: Photo credit: DIWC.   The ……Read More