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‘Place a Hope Beyond a Hope’: Devotional Literature as Literature
The most unexpected submission to the Summer 2020 issue of ArabLit Quarterly — with its focus on crime — was N.A. Mansour’s suggestion that she mash up two ……Read More
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Jordanian Novelist Elias Farkouh Dies at 72
Jordanian author Elias Farkouh died today — Wednesday, July 15 — after an acute heart attack. He was 72: Photo from the author’s Facebook page. ……Read More
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New Brazilian Publisher Editora Tabla To Focus on Arabic Titles
The Brazil-Arab News Agency (ANBA) yesterday published an interview with Brazilian publisher Laura di Pietro, whose new venture, Editora Tabla, is set to release two Arabic books in ……Read More
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The Poetry of Sudanese Band Iged al-Jalad: ‘Offering the Starving a Bite’
The most exhilarating aspect to the lyrics of Sudanese band, Lemya Shammat writes, is that they “give voice to the neglected, disadvantaged, and those who ……Read More
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Emirati Author Thani Al Suwaidi, Author of ‘The Deisel,’ Dies at 54
Emirati poet and novelist Thani Al-Suwaidi, one of the most prominent Emirati literary artists, died in Cairo on Sunday. He was 54: He left behind ……Read More
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From Ahmed Atallah’s Mariam A True Story
Poet, novelist, and documentary filmmaker Ahmed Atallah was born in Qena, in Upper Egypt, and he started out by publishing colloquial poetry. His popular Mariam: A ……Read More