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Calls for Submissions: Magazines Seeking Translated Work
Translators with short pieces on your hands, or the desire to have short pieces on your hands, this is for you: 111O: For our eighth ……Read More
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Call for Arab Writers: UK Residency Leading to Publishing Contract
Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing (BQFP) and Delfina Foundation have creatured a joint venture to provide a residency opportunity for an emerging Arab writer. The call-for-applicants: The ……Read More
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Moroccan Writer Mohammed Zafzaf: ‘Disturbing, Intriguing, Shocking, Innovative, Challenging, Amusing,’ and More
Mbarek Syrfi, who co-translated The Monarch of the Square (2014) with Roger Allen, answers questions about Zafzaf’s importance to Moroccan literature, his style, and why he hasn’t been ……Read More
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Starting Tomorrow in Beirut: ‘Writers Between Two — Or More — Cultures’
A new week-long literary festival in Beirut promises to bring together writers who sit at the crossroads of two or more cultures and interested readers: By ……Read More
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October 2014: Global Arab and Arabic Literary Events Calendar
A global list of events that feature Arab or Arabic literature in some sort of translation. Please email with events or add them below: October 1 ……Read More
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Poet and Novelist Amjad Nasser Denied Entry for US Reading
Today, the Gallatin School of New York University inaugurates its “Gallatin Global Writers” series. It was to be kicked off by universally acclaimed Jordanian-British poet and novelist Amjad Nasser. Then he ……Read More