Books
Friday Finds: ‘A Song for the Lightning Bird’
Over at The Center for the Art of Translation’s Two Lines journal, Mona Kareem has translated Ra’ad Abdul Qadir’s (1953-2003) “A Song for the Lightning Bird“: Iraqi ……Read More
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Short Story: Samar Nour’s ‘A Room of Sabry’s Own’
“A Room of Sabry’s Own” is from Samar Nour’s collection In the House of the Vampire, which won a Sawiris prize in 2017: By Samar ……Read More
Community
Leaving no one behind on World Water Day 2019
United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 6 is crystal clear: water for all by 2030. By definition, this means leaving no one behind. But today, billions ……Read More
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World Poetry Day: 21 Poems by Arab Women (in Translation)
It’s World Poetry Day, which this year is also Nowruz, Holi, Purim, Nizar Qabbani’s birthday, and (apparently) the day when Twitter was founded. Last year, we ……Read More
Daily Life
Do Social Media Cleanses Really Work?
Branded: Try This Challenge – Visible – No Social Media A “social media cleanse” may sound like any other fleeting trend in the wellness sphere, ……Read More
Daily Life
11 Instagram-Approved Prom Updos That Are Cool, Not Cheesy
When you think about how you want to wear your hair for a special occasion like prom, the biggest objective is to avoid the barrel-curled ……Read More