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A few ways you can support ArabLit's authors, translators, & artists.
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"I have a right to have a mother.".
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Gazan poet Heba Abu Nada, who died yesterday in the bombardment.
This is one of poetry and novelist Heba Abu Nada interviews. She is reciting one of her poems. Heartbreaking.
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Download it, read it, print it, share it. We will be distributing a limited # of copies.
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And an associated GoFundMe campaign to rebuild the store:
“I stopped eating so that I could afford to open the shop.”. The owner of Gaza’s largest bookstore, Shaban Aslim, stands in front of the rubble of his bookstore which was destroyed by an Israeli airstrike.
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A new poem by Fady Joudah, in conversation with Refaat al-Areer's "If I Must Die.".
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Coming for READ PALESTINE WEEK (Nov 29 - Dec 5), a new free zine of writing by authors in Gaza.
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To everyone who is sending us emails asking to sign in support of Adania Shibli and Minor Detail, we are grateful for every single one of you.
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Launching soon, special double issue in collaboration with Majalla 28, co-edited by Mohammed Zaqzooq and Mahmoud al-Shaer, w/contributions from more than 20 writers in Gaza, + classic works, art, fiction, & poetry centering Gaza. All profit from sales+ads go to our Gaza partners
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Every day, another extraordinary text comes to our inbox. This is from a short essay by Gazan poet & playwright Yousef el Qedra.
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Saqi is offering 20 ebooks about Palestine for free from their website until Monday 17 May, including Mahmoud Darwish's A RIVER DIES OF THIRST, tr. Catherine Cobham, the anthology A MAP OF ABSENCE ed. Atef Alshaer, Sayed Kashua's NATIVE, more:.
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The Nobel seems like such a puny useless thing this year, but Han Kang is a deserving laureate.
한 강 Han Kang – awarded the 2024 #NobelPrize in Literature – was born in 1970 in the South Korean city of Gwangju before, at the age of nine, moving with her family to Seoul. She comes from a literary background, her father being a reputed novelist. Alongside her writing, she
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& a small heartbreak from a forthcoming piece by Husam Maarouf (who also works as a journalist).
Looking forward to the new publishing house GAZA PUBLICATIONS, headed up by the gifted poet and journalist Husam Maarouf. Look for more on it soon.
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Ok not overthinking it 10 beloved Palestinian novels (🧵1/?). Minor Detail (A Shibli tr EJ).Men in the Sun (G Kanafani tr HK).Said the Pessoptimist (E Habibi tr TL/SKJ).Wondrous Journeys (S Nimr).Passage to the Plaza (S Khalifeh tr SH).Book of Disappearance (I Azem tr SA).
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7 Translations & 7 Interviews in Memory of Elias Khoury, 1948-2024.
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A 3D printer for medical devices, Dr. Moeen Alalool, Dr Ayman Abu al-Ouf, Gaza's main Covid testing site, an MSF trauma clinic. This is the targeting your $735 million in precision-guided weapons goes to support.
Gaza’s first 3D printer, which manufactured medical devices for years, has been destroyed by an Israeli air raid. 🔴 LIVE updates:
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Please share this call widely. We want everyone to participate in this shared space, for our GRIEF issue, Spring 2025. Some letters will appear in the magazine; many more online.
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Our co-editor Mahmoud Al Shaer just survived an attack in the "humanitarian zone" southwest of Al-Mawasi. He writes: "The impact was shockingly close—two missiles struck a cluster of tents near us, tragically killing four people and injuring more than 20 others, some critically.".
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5000 words on this photo of a US military Arabic immersion class (photo FP).
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Walid Daqqa, author of the award-winning YA novel The Oil’s Secret Tale and a book about his life in prison, A Parallel Time.
Breaking: After being subjected to severe torture and international campaigns for his release, Israel announces the death of the Palestinian prisoner Walid Daqqa, who spent 37 years in Israeli prisons. in one of its prisons.
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All profits go to our partners in Gaza, Majalla 28. Find out more & order your copy of our Spring 2024 issue "Gaza! Gaza! Gaza!" here:.
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The Samir Mansour Bookshop was one of the few places where Gazan writers (Hedaya and others) could launch their literary works out into the world; now it's destroyed.
ابنة البحر مجموعتي القصصية رأت النور في مكتبة منصور بغزة كانت المطبوعة الأولى التي أستطيع فيها إعداد حفل توقيع يليق بها وبغزة. في مكتبة منصور اصبح لها وجها ويدا وصوتا وحياة! قتلوا ابنة البحر. قتلوا مئات وآلاف الكتب والذكريات قتلوا عناوين الحب في غزة.#ابنة_البحر.#مكتبة_سمير_منصور
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March 13 is #MahmoudDarwishDay, as the great poet was born on this day in 1941. 13 remembrances:
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The Indonesian edition of Atef Abu Saif's Don't Look Left (@commapress) is out now as A Diary of Genocide, translated by Nadya Andwiani. Our Indonesian followers can order the book here:
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Have been told that some publishers at Frankfurt are putting these signs up in their stands
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a few copies have arrived in Berlin
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Reports on the seizure of books at Educational Bookshop & arrest of owner Mahmoud Muna and his nephew Ahmed Muna for "disturbing public order". “They took every book that had the Palestinian flag on it":.
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Get a copy of this publication now, ahead of READ PALESTINE WEEK (November 29 - December 5).
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Another extraordinary book that's available free in ebook form November 29-December 4 for #ReadPalestine week is Atef Abu Saif's THE DRONE EATS WITH ME, published by @commapress.
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We honor Fatima Hassouna with six RESONANCES: texts & poems, translated by poet @AbuAkleen.
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Doing an interview with the extraordinary young poet Batool Abu Akleen (@MPTmagazine's new poet-in-residence) over WhatsApp, and I asked her to say something about where she is now. Will share the whole interview soon.
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you can get all these free here through Dec. 5. store them up for when your classes end or whenever.
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We know about 27 Arabic books forthcoming in English translation in 2024, from new poetry by award-winning Palestinian poet Ghassan Zaqtan (tr. Robin Moger) to a YA historical fantasy by Algerian author Djamila Morani (tr. Sawad Hussain). A highlight 🧵.
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So many excellent new & forthcoming books by Palestinian writers; here are just a few:.
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Reclaiming the Women of Arabic Popular Epics
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For the forthcoming CATS issue we are looking for photos of Arab authors + cats for our "gallery" feature. If you have such photos we would be so delighted. (If you know who to contact about permissions, even better.). Share w/us: info@arablit.org.
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If you're in NYC, really, don't miss:
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Arabic literature forthcoming in English translation 2025. Includes the first works in English by the fantastic Gaza-based poet Nasser Rabah, Egyptian novelist Shady Lewis, Omani poet-novelist Zahran Alqasmi, Syrian-Kurdish writer Jan Dost, +++.
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Our timeline is filled with Khaled Khalifa (1964-2023): This image is from Lina Sinjab's beautiful short documentary film of Khaled, "Exiled at Home." You can (re)watch it on YouTube: .
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On Saturday, November 25th, writers from around the world gather for a 24-hour online reading in support of Palestinian writers, Palestinian voices in diaspora, and their allies. The reading begins online at 3pm Palestinian time.
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The Story of a Poem: Refaat Alareer’s ‘If I Must Die’.By Salih J Altoma.
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Literary Palestine: Mohamed-Salah Omri, Professor of modern Arabic literature at the University of Oxford, will lead and coordinate a series of participative seminars to read and discuss Palestine through its literatures
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Launching TOMORROW, special 2x issue in collaboration with Majalla 28, co-edited by Mohammed Zaqzooq and Mahmoud al-Shaer, w/contributions from more than 20 writers in Gaza + classic works, art, fiction, & poetry centering Gaza. All profit from sales+ads go to our Gaza partners.
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48 hours until the launch of the debut ArabLit Quarterly. 🕐🕑🕒🕓🕔🕕🕖🕗🕘🕙🕚🕛🕜🕝🕞🕟🕠🕡🕢🕣🕤🕥🕦🕧🕐🕑🕒🕓🕔🕕🕖🕗🕘🕙🕚🕛🕜🕝🕞🕟🕠🕡🕢🕣🕤🕥🕦🕧
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Introducing Fikra Magazine, “a Project by Palestinians and for Palestinians
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We have updated the resource "A Gathering: Palestinian Poems with & for the Now"; if you know of other poems we should add, please let us know. Basically: it is a gathering of poems, mostly composed in the last 3 months, by Palestinian writers.
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Please remember that, if for any reason you can't afford it (and we do not need any explanation!) just DM us for a free e-copy of this or any back issue.
Launching TOMORROW, special 2x issue in collaboration with Majalla 28, co-edited by Mohammed Zaqzooq and Mahmoud al-Shaer, w/contributions from more than 20 writers in Gaza + classic works, art, fiction, & poetry centering Gaza. All profit from sales+ads go to our Gaza partners.
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In light of Frankfurt Book Fair's decision to "side" with Israel yesterday & their decision not to hold Adania Shibli's award event, award-winning Algerian novelist Said Khatibi has cancelled his participation in this year's Frankfurt @Book_Fair.
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Now in multiple languages.
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If you really want to know about life in ancient Gaza -- what we know of it from the writings of ancient Egypt, the Romans, from early Arabic writing --. (then get a copy, all proceeds go to our partners Majalla 28, more info here:
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anyone else hiding classic photos of arab authors and cats?.
A Middle Eastern-style #Caturday (and one of my favorite finds): a portrait of the Egyptian playwright and novelist Tawfiq al-Hakim, looking magnificent with a cat on each shoulder! Published in the magazine Ākhir Sāʿah, 1948. #twitterstorians #Arabicliterature #headshotgoals
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Deeply concerned for our contributor Yousri Alghoul and everyone in north Gaza.
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The Story of a Poem: Refaat Alareer’s ‘If I Must Die’. By Salih J Altoma.
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READ PALESTINE WEEK (Nov 29 - December 5) will start off with a 24-hour, around the world, global & multilingual reading. You can sign up to join for part of it (just hit the "notify me") here:
Coming for READ PALESTINE WEEK (Nov 29 - Dec 5), a new free zine of writing by authors in Gaza.
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We just found out that our esteemed & beloved translator Alaa Alqaisi has a GoFundMe (administered by James Heaney, lecturer at Carlow College) to support her going to Ireland for a Master's in comp lit when the borders open. Please pitch in if you can:.
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Our update from the Frankfurt Book Fair, with comments from those who have pulled out.
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Release Party for First 2020 Issue of ArabLit Quarterly: The Road
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Cannot even keep up with this line of intellectual bankruptcy and cowardice from art & educational institutions.
Christie’s Pulled Two Works by a Prominent Middle Eastern Artist From Sale After a Complaint. A consignor has suggested that the paintings by Lebanese artist Ayman Baalbaki could have been mistakenly associated with Islamist extremism.
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We, too, celebrate the work of Ghassan Kanafani. A recent translation of a short story by Kanafani tr. Rachel Green:.
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@jemmie_kip @Kuukuwa_ You can read a translation of Ibn Battuta's Tuhfat al-anzar fi gharaaib al-amsar wa ajaaib al-asfar (, or there are books only about his travels in sub-Saharan Africa, like "Ibn Battuta in Black Africa"
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"My mother is three years younger than Nakba.". A poem by Sheikha Hlewa tr. Fady Joudah:.
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A short thread remembering Elias Khoury:.
My friend, the great Lebanese writer and intellectual Elias Khoury has left us. When I was a PhD student, meeting him for the first time in 1984, almost exactly fourty years ago, truly resuscitated my sense of belonging to Lebanon. He was the editor of the cultural section of.
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This is our complete-ish list of Arabic literature in translation in 2024 (into English, but we also found volunteers to help with lists into French, German, Malayalam, & Portuguese). Some highlights 🧵:.
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In further suppression of Palestinian speech on this platform, translator @FakhreddineHuda's account has been suspended. Here, she reads both from Samer Abu Hawwash's “From the River to the Sea" and from her translation:.
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We are again working to update this resource, "Palestinian Poems with & for the Now" -- poems by Palestinians, mostly written in the last four months.
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A Palestinian Meditation in a Time of Annihilation.Thirteen Maqams for an Afterlife. by Fady Joudah.
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A Curated List of 20 Palestinian Short Stories, in Translation, Online #ReadPalestine, #ReadPalestineWeek .
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In his former office, settlers set alight many books, including religious books and poetry. “This is my archive,” he lamented. “Who burns books?".
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I am sorry.I couldn't.edit.your thing today.even though you saw I was.active on twitter.
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Announced today; more at ArabLit.
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Women Writing in Arabic: 10 Poets to Read Now
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Women in Translation Month: 10 Recommended Books from 2020
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More about Passages Through Genocide (, an online project that collates and disseminates texts written by Gazans living through the current Israeli assault, today on ArabLit:.
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Selected: 10 Arabic Short Stories by Women, in Translation, Online
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Amazon’s Kindle Now Supports Arabic
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It No Longer Matters If Anyone Loves Us. By @samerabuhawash. Translated by @FakhreddineHuda .
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@Kuukuwa_ I would note that the Moroccan travel writer visited cities along the coast of what's now Kenya in 1331 & wrote about the beauty of the architecture & the many inland cities he heard tell of (but didn't have a chance to visit).
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12 Must-read Memoirs in Arabic
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This thread is everything you need on a Sunday.
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Today, this poem from Fady Joudah:.
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So happy to see them out in the world:.
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It is personal to us because our contributors are there. Friends & colleagues; their kids are there. & their kids' friends, their frenemies, their neighbors, the people who sell them bread & repair their phones' cracked screens. Who fix their teeth, who teach them. It's personal.
It is personal to me, my sisters and brothers are there. Our kids are there. Our own are there. And it should feel so to every single human being. Don't stop talking about Gaza! .Don't stop praying for Gaza!.#CeaseFireInGaza
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Thanks to everyone sharing photos of their copies. Please SAVE THE DATE for a launch event Saturday, May 18. 9 p.m. Gaza / Cairo.8 p.m. Central Europe.7 p.m. Morocco / UK.2 p.m. EST. More details soon.
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On Ghassan Kanafani Day: 5 Online Reads
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30 Reads: A Month of Algerian Literature by Women
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Novel by Palestinian Prisoner Basim Khandaqji Wins 2024 International Prize for Arabic Fiction.
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Hi book media, please don't repeat Frankfurt @Book_Fair's "clarifying statement" that says, "Of course, the Frankfurt book fair is a platform for both Israeli and Palestinian voices.". without challenging it. Unless you have found any events with Palestinians. We have not.
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How Is Your Devastation Today?. Did a particular morning birdsong visit it?.Did innocent grumbling.about a meaningless desire.that has become the meaning of all desire.from one of your kids distract you from it?.Is your espresso machine working fine?.
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Thanks to everyone our first payment made it to the Bank of Palestine and was distributed to the writers and editors at Majalla 28. Reminder that all profits from this issue go to Majalla 28:
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Forthcoming 2023: Arabic Literature in English Translation
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