Fashion
6 Outfits That Make Leggings Look Really Good
Leggings are one of the most versatile pieces in your closet. Sometimes, they walk and talk like pants, and others they make like a clever ……Read More
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Books
A Poem from Shaimaa El-Sabbagh: ‘I’m the Girl Banned from Christian Religion Classes’
Egyptian poet Maged Zaher has translated another work by the slain poet Shaimaa El-Sabbagh. This one was recorded on video and has been watched more than a hundred ……Read More
Books
Absurdity v. Absurdity, or: How to Fight the Lebanese Censorship Bureau
MARCH continues to troll Lebanon’s censorship bureau with frustrating and funny results: Authors have long turned censorship into absurd or absurdist art: Nihad Sirees’sSilence and the ……Read More
Books
February 2015: Global Arab and Arabic Literary Events Calendar
A global calendar of Arabic literary events — with some translational element — in February 2015. Add your events in below or email them in: ……Read More
Books
Reading ‘Revolution’ With Tawfiq al-Hakim
Syracuse University Press recently published The Revolt of the Young: Essays by Tawfiq al-Hakim, newly translated by Mona Radwan and introduced by Roger Allen. How does this inspiration ……Read More
Books
Countdown to the 2015 International Prize for Arabic Fiction: The Brothers Douaihy
Although Antoine and Jabbour Douaihy have both been previously longlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF), this is the first year siblings have ……Read More