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Launching Manara: a ‘MENA Theatre Invasion of the United Kingdom’

July 8, 2019 M. Lynx Qualey 0

The brand new Manara Theatre — brainchild of award-winning playwrights Hassan Abdulrazzak and Hannah Khalil — will launch, as part of London’s Shubbak Festival, with a series ……Read More

Dunya Mikhail: ‘Writing It Twice Is My New Original’

July 8, 2019 M. Lynx Qualey 0

Award-winning Iraqi poet, journalist, and author Dunya Mikhail — whose The Beekeeper, co-translated from the Arabic by Mikhail and Max Weiss, made the 2019 PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith ……Read More

Friday Finds: Versions of ‘Poem Six,’ Ibn Arabi’s ‘Interpreter of Desires’

July 5, 2019 M. Lynx Qualey 0

The Johannesburg Review of Books recently published two “translations” by Robin Moger, both responses to the sixth poem in The Interpreter of Desires, a cycle ……Read More

Short Story Original: Hilal Chouman’s ‘World of Dogs’

July 3, 2019 M. Lynx Qualey 0

The short story ‘World of Dogs’ was originally written in Arabic, by celebrated Lebanese author Hilal Chouman (Limbo Beirut), and adapted into English by the author, ……Read More

Chanel Just Dropped 6 Metallic Nail Polishes

July 3, 2019 Robert Mull 0

If you look closely, you’ll see a tiny photo of the iconic Chanel double “C” logo next to the dictionary entry for “chic.” Okay, not ……Read More

The 15 Coolest New Launches Coming To Sephora In July

July 3, 2019 Robert Mull 0

At this point, we've seriously considered setting aside a portion of our direct deposit to go to Sephora. The beauty behemoth stocks all of our ……Read More