Immigration
Carjacking Alien Minors Raise Larger Issues About Immigration
Some media outlets have reported the carjacking of a 91-year-old man by two youths who were apprehended after a wild 200-plus mile chase by police. The ……Read More
Lifestyle
Books
Discussing ‘Women of Karantina’: A Savage Comic Epic, Relentlessly Ironic, Uncompromisingly Rude, Profoundly Moral, Totally True
A back-and-forth with the author and translator of the witty, wild Women of Karantina (2013), released last month in excellent, gum-snapping English translation: The must-read Women of Karantina, listed ……Read More
Community
Perturbed Hindus urge Amazon.com to remove leggings carrying Hindu gods
Upset Hindus have urged world’s largest online retailer Amazon.com headquartered in Seattle (USA) for the immediate withdrawal of women’s leggings carrying images of various Hindu ……Read More
Community
Hindus urge Hungarian PM Orban to integrate Roma
In view of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s governing Fidesz party winning control of all county assemblies and all but one of the largest cities, ……Read More
Books
Jordanian Writer Taghreed Najjar Receives Second Shortlisting for Etisalat YA Prize
The five shortlists for the Etisalat Prize for Arabic Children’s Literature were announced several days ago at the Frankfurt Book Fair, but the press release didn’t come ……Read More
Books
Apply for Editor-Translator ‘Speed Dating’ Sessions
This year’s American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) conference will feature a new opportunity: “Speed-Dating for Editors and Translators”: As ALTA organizers note on their website, “Interested translators ……Read More