https://www.europesays.com/africa/434204/ The Reverse Migrant: Season of Migration to the North #ArabicLiterature #CeutaMassMigration #Morocco #MoroccoAndSpain #SpanishColonialismInMorocco #SpanishEnclavesOfCeutaAndMelilla
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https://www.europesays.com/uk/1212707/ The Reverse Migrant: Season of Migration to the North #ArabicLiterature #CeutaMassMigration #EU #Europe #MoroccoAndSpain #Spain #SpanishColonialismInMorocco #SpanishEnclavesOfCeutaAndMelilla
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The Reverse Migrant: Season of Migration to the North
The choice of subtitle for this article, one of the masterpieces of modern Arabic literature, written in 1966…
#Spain #ES #Europe #Europa #EU #ArabicLiterature #ceutamassmigration #MoroccoandSpain #SpanishcolonialisminMorocco #SpanishenclavesofCeutaandMelilla
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Submissions for Sheikh Zayed Book Award Open Until September 1
Submissions are currently open for the 21st edition of the Sheikh Zayed Book Award, one of the world’s leading awards dedicated to Arabic literature and culture. Interested authors have until the final deadline of September 1st to submit their work.
The post Submissions for Sheikh Zayed Book Award Open Until September 1 appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.
https://publishingperspectives.com/2026/08/submissions-for-sheikh-zayed-book-award-open-until-september-1/#AbuDhabi #ArabLiterature #ArabicLiterature #Awards #SheikhZayedBookAward
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https://www.europesays.com/africa/363003/ Arabic Novel Competition Launched to Honor Naguib Mahfouz #ArabNovel #ArabicLiterature #ArabicNovel #Egypt #Featured #Literature #NaguibMahfouz #news
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Spotlight on Translation Funding: Sheikh Zayed Book Award
The first in a series highlighting international funding opportunities publishing books in translation. The Sheikh Zayed Book Award started their Translation Grant in 2018 with a goal to expand the reach of Arabic literature around the world.
The post Spotlight on Translation Funding: Sheikh Zayed Book Award appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.
https://publishingperspectives.com/2026/07/spotlight-on-translation-funding-sheikh-zayed-book-award/#ArabicLiterature #Awards #BooksinTranslation #Rights #SheikhZayedBookAward
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‘There is No Single Model for Innovation:’ New Technologies, New Challenge
During this week's International Publishers Association Congress in Malaysia, one panel tackled the impact of technology on three markets.
The post ‘There is No Single Model for Innovation:’ New Technologies, New Challenge appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.
https://publishingperspectives.com/2026/07/there-is-no-single-model-for-innovation-new-technologies-new-challenge/#AI #ArabicLiterature #Asia #InternationalPublishersAssociationCongress
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Yalla! From Oni Press Brings Arabic, Adventure, and Monster-Sized Heart to Middle-Grade Comics https://comicbookaddicts.com/2026/06/yalla-oni-press-arabic-graphic-novel/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Yalla #OniPress #MiddleGradeComics #GraphicNovel #ArabicLiterature
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Around the Book World: Monday, June 15th, 2026
Publishing analyst Carlo Carrenho kicks off the week with a review of the headlines from across the international publishing world.
The post Around the Book World: Monday, June 15th, 2026 appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.
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Single Book Spotlight
Book Featured:
Night & Horses & the Desert by Robert Irwin
#arabicliterature #newpurchase #midureads #bookstagram #penguinbooks
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‘Politically Urgent, Humanely Thought-provoking:’ Furthering Translation Projects Around the World
Expanding the reach of global literature through translation, a grant program and a literary award are open for submissions.
The post ‘Politically Urgent, Humanely Thought-provoking:’ Furthering Translation Projects Around the World appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.
https://publishingperspectives.com/2026/05/politically-urgent-humanely-thought-provoking-furthering-translation-projects-around-the-world/#ArabicLiterature #EnglishPEN #PENPresents #SheikhZayedBookAward #SouthAsianLiterature
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On Archives, Canons, and Literary Detective Work: A Profile of Iman Mersal
The author's Sheikh Zayed Book Award-winning book retraces the life and legacy of novelist Enayat al-Zayyat and prompts a discussion about what stories should be remembered and told.
The post On Archives, Canons, and Literary Detective Work: A Profile of Iman Mersal appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.
https://publishingperspectives.com/2026/04/on-archives-canons-and-literary-detective-work-a-profile-of-iman-mersal/#ArabicLiterature #EnayatalZayyat #ImanMersal #MichelFoucault #RobinMoger
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𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒔 - 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑶𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑶𝒎𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒔: 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝒏𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒗𝒔. 𝑴𝒂𝒏
And when the child cannot speak for itself?
Humanity's first global lawsuit! In this 10th-century Islamic fable, animals put mankind on trial for the crimes of the extraction economy.
https://waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/waywords_podcast/original-omelas-case-animals-versus-man/
#podcast #literature #arabicliterature #medievalliterature #petersinger #ursulakleguin #donnaharaway #aristotle #francisbacon #jacquesderrida #speciesism
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Philosophy Hiding in Plain Sight: A Profile of Scholar and Author Frank Griffel
Griffel's work, which won the Sheikh Zayed Book Award in 2024 for Arab Cultures in Other Languages, upends a misunderstanding about philosophical discourse in the Islamic world.
The post Philosophy Hiding in Plain Sight: A Profile of Scholar and Author Frank Griffel appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.
https://publishingperspectives.com/2026/04/philosophy-hiding-in-plain-sight-a-profile-of-scholar-and-author-frank-griffel/#ArabicLiterature #Awards #FrankGriffel #OxfordUniversityPress #SheikhZayedBookAward
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https://www.europesays.com/africa/196109/ Ahmed Teimour Mesmerizes Cairo Opera House with Exceptional Poetry Evening #AhmedTeimour #ArabicLiterature #AymanAdly #CairoOperaHouse #CulturalEvents #culture #Egypt #EgyptianArts #EgyptianPoetry #PoetryEvening
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“The Luxury to Say ‘No’”: Talking with Children’s Author Maria Dadouch
Author of more than 80 books for children, Dadouch, who won the Sheikh Zayed Book Award for Children's Literature in 2022, seeks to publish books children actually want to read.
The post “The Luxury to Say ‘No’”: Talking with Children’s Author Maria Dadouch appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.
https://publishingperspectives.com/2026/04/the-luxury-to-say-no-talking-with-childrens-author-maria-dadouch/#ArabicLiterature #Awards #childrenspublishing #MariaDadouch #SheikhZayedBookAward
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Dr. Said Laouadi on the Connection Between Food and Literature
In his Sheikh Zayed Book Award-winning work, Dr. Said Laouadi explored food as a crucial organizing metaphor in pre-modern Arabic writing, which is not dissimilar to turns of phrase seen in English.
The post Dr. Said Laouadi on the Connection Between Food and Literature appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.
https://publishingperspectives.com/2026/04/dr-said-laouadi-on-the-connection-between-food-and-literature/#Arabic #ArabicLiterature #DrSaidLaouadi #FoodandSpeech #SheikhZayedBookAward
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Author and Publisher Ahmed Al-Qarmalawi on Expanding Audiences for Arabic Literature
Ahmed Al-Qarmalawi won the 2018 Sheikh Zayed Book Award in the Young Author category which led to an expanded audience of readers, more awards, and the founding of his publishing house.
The post Author and Publisher Ahmed Al-Qarmalawi on Expanding Audiences for Arabic Literature appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.
https://publishingperspectives.com/2026/03/author-and-publisher-ahmed-al-qarmalawi-on-expanding-audiences-for-arabic-literature/#AhmedAlQarmalawi #ArabicLiterature #DiwanPublishing #SheikhZayedBookAward
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Reem Bassiouney on the Importance of the Sheikh Zayed Book Award, ‘It is Literature that Bridges Differences and Times.’
Leading up to the 20th anniversary ceremony of the Sheikh Zayed Book Award, Publishing Perspectives is running a series of profiles on past winners. Reem Bassiouney won the 2024 Sheikh Zayed Book Award for Literature.
The post Reem Bassiouney on the Importance of the Sheikh Zayed Book Award, ‘It is Literature that Bridges Differences and Times.’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.
https://publishingperspectives.com/2026/03/reem-bassiouney-on-the-importance-of-the-sheikh-zayed-book-award-it-is-literature-that-bridges-differences-and-times/ -
Shortlists Announced for 20th Edition of the Sheikh Zayed Book Award
"The shortlist for this milestone edition reflects the remarkable breadth and depth of our cultural heritage — from the profound legacy of classical Arabic literature to the innovative voices shaping contemporary thought," said Secretary-General of the Sheikh Zayed Book Award Dr Ali bin Tamim.
The post Shortlists Announced for 20th Edition of the Sheikh Zayed Book Award appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.
https://publishingperspectives.com/2026/02/shortlists-announced-for-20th-edition-of-the-sheikh-zayed-book-award/#ArabicLiterature #Awards #DrAliBinTamim #Fiction #Nonfiction
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International Prize for Arabic Fiction Announces 2026 Longlist
International Prize for Arabic Fiction announces 2026 longlist featuring writers from ten different countries, including Egypt, Algeria, Lebanon, Iraq, Morocco, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia and…
https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/12/international-prize-for-arabic-fiction-announces-2026-longlist/#AbuDhabiArabicLanguageCenter #ArabicLiterature #Awards #Fiction #InternationalPrizeforArabicFiction
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20th Sheikh Zayed Book Award Announces Longlists for All Categories
In its 20th year, Abu Dhabi-based Sheikh Zayed Book Award announces longlists for the prize selected from over 4000 submissions from 74 countries.
https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/12/20th-sheikh-zayed-book-award-announces-longlists-for-all-categories/#ArabWorld #ArabicLiterature #Awards #Literature #SheikhZayedBookAward
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The Sheikh Zayed Book Award Celebrates its 20th anniversary
The Sheikh Zayed Book Award Celebrates 20 years of supporting Arabic literature and culture around the world.
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I'm going to talk about the sahiqat (صاحقات) genre. In the pre-modern #Arab world this was the genre of sapphic or lesbian stories. It was regarded as the purest form of love because of how impossible it was.
Different than Western sapphic love stories, it re-affirmed their devotion to God. For example the most famous couple are al-Zarqa and Hind bint al-Nu'man.
@medievodons @histodons #history #medieval #medievalhistory #Arabicliterature
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Deadline approaching: We are accepting submissions for our conference "Poetry and Knowledge" until June 1, 2025.
We welcome abstracts on all fields and forms of knowledge. Papers on core areas of Islamic knowledge—such as Qur'anic studies, Hadith studies, and Islamic law—are especially encouraged.
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CALL FOR PAPERS | Conference Announcement
Poetry and Knowledge: The Production and Transmission of Knowledge in Arabic Verse (1100–1800)
We invite papers for our upcoming conference in #Münster, Germany (November 20–22, 2025), focusing on Arabic poetry as a medium of knowledge. Check out the full CfP and feel free to share!
Deadline: June 1, 2025
Location: Münster, GermanyWe look forward to your submissions!
Call for Papers:
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CALL FOR PAPERS | Conference Announcement
Poetry and Knowledge: The Production and Transmission of Knowledge in Arabic Verse (1100–1800)
We invite papers for our upcoming conference in #Münster, Germany (November 20–22, 2025), focusing on Arabic poetry as a medium of knowledge. Check out the full CfP and feel free to share!
Deadline: June 1, 2025
Location: Münster, GermanyWe look forward to your submissions!
Call for Papers:
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"I come from there and I have memories
Born as mortals are, I have a mother
And a house with many windows,
I have brothers, friends,
And a prison cell with a cold window.
Mine is the wave, snatched by sea-gulls,
I have my own view,
And an extra blade of grass."~ I Come From There, Mahmoud Darwish
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Ghassan Kanafani: The Palestinian Writer Whose Words Live On Amid Wars With Israel
Kanafani is remembered through his extensive literary work that continues to inspire many Arabic writers and literary people across the world. His legacy lives on and continues to pulse for the Palestinian cause half a century after his death. Sharmita Kar writes.
#GhassanKanafani #palesttine #literature #PFLP #ArabicLiterature #IsraeliOccupation #SettlerColonialism #IsraelPalestineConflict #PalestinianResistance #books #bookstodon
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Latest read, Evil Adored (1936) by Naguib Mahfouz, from Voices From the Other World; philosophical fable of ancient Egypt in which an aged wise man spreads community & selflessness to the ire of the professionals of virtue; magistrates & law enforcers--who lament their loss of importance.
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"The very fact that there are expectations for a poem of mine disturbs me, but I don’t surrender to it. They say that every love poem of mine is about the land. That 'Rita' in Eleven Planets is Palestine. 'Rita' is an erotic poem, but no one believes me." -#MahmoudDarwish
#ArabicLiterature #Poetry #Poets #literature #reception #nationalpoets
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#IndieAuthorNews #FeatureArticles #ArabicLiterature #ArabicPublishing #BanipalMagazineofModernArabLiterature #BanipalPrizeforArabicLiteraryTranslation #Translation
Cheering 25 Years: A Celebration of ‘Banipal Magazine’Recognizing and celebrating' 75 editions, fans applaud the team behind 25 years of Banipal Magazine's Arab literature in translation.
The post Cheering 25 Years: A Celebr...
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This was a very interesting watch on Palestinian #SciFi. I thoroughly recommend people to not only give it a watch, but give all of these authors a read. They all publish in English/are translated.
Personally, a lot of what they said about #sff resonated with me and made me consider a new way to read and write the genre.
@bookstodon @sffbipoc #bookrec #bookrecs #writingcommunity #amreading #diversebooks @writers #bipoc #ArabicLiterature #arab #Palestine
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Its taken a while to post about Ismail Sabri Basha because of how scarce information is about him in English is and I always try to point people to available sources.
Born in Egypt, graduated from law in France, he was one of the 19th and 20th century literati who developed Neo-Classicist Arabic writing. If not for him, among others, Arabic music and literature would not be where it is today.
@histodons @musicology #ArabicLiterature #Arabicmusic #arabic #egypt #histodons #poetry @poetry
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A bit late so here's a good nighttime poem. This is only a snippet and full poem is in the link:
"The stars in the sky upon us testify
My heart or its transgressing eyelid
The night drags on in infatuation
Sleep distances from the insomniac eyelid"
-Ismāʻīl Ṣabrī#fridaypoetry #poetry #poem #arabic #translation @poetry #Egypt #ArabicLiterature
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Been wanting to post about this book, but keep forgetting. Anyways, here's my rec that you all should read Ahmed Sadaawi's Frankenstein in Baghdad.
It takes place in the middle of Baghdad bombings where a junk dealer stitches together random body parts, but a soul without a body takes it becoming an Iraqi made entirely out of Iraqis.
I especially like how it delves into folklore around St. George.
@bookstodon #bookrecs #ArabicLiterature #amreading #bookstodon #books
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Today, I would like to introduce you to the book which opened my eyes into the world of pre-modern Arab women.
It is in English, but is one of the most comprehensive women's histories of middle and upper class Arab women from the Fatimid Era (909–1171).
More so, it showcases that contrary to popular thought, Arab women had their own longstanding literary salon culture that wasn't borrowed from Europeans
https://www.amazon.com/Women-Fatimids-World-Islam-Cortese/dp/0748617337
@bookstodon @histodons #ArabicLiterature #history #womenshistory
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The #Arab poets Khalil Gibran and May Ziade wrote on "love of the soul over the flesh".
Both never married nor saw each other's faces, but shared a deep love for each other purely through their writings.
My own #writing and #novel has a main couple who share a love of the mind and soul long before any sexual interactions.
Anyone can rec any stories you or another has written which does this?
https://www.amazon.com/Love-Letters-Kahlil-Gibran-Ziadah/dp/185168557X
@bookstodon @histodons #ArabicLiterature @romancelandia #writingcommunity
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I have not talked to him yet, but just checked out @tillgrallert 's bio and he has linked Project Jarāʾid which is a list of Arabic periodicals from 1800- 1929.
I'm linking the Bibliography part cause some people have asked me about sources and there are a ton of great stuff there in English, Arabic and French.
https://projectjaraid.github.io/pages/biblio.html
@histodons #history #histodons @journalism #middleeast #ArabicLiterature #arab
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Today I translated a poem by May Ziade (1886-1941). She was many things: intellectual, feminist, romantic, writer, poet, polyglot and musician. Her literary salons helped shape Modern Arabic Literature.
She was born a Maronite Christian and lived in Palestine, Lebanon and Egypt. Here is a #documentary about her tragic life, but I warn you the comments on women's education are overexaggerated and a bit false.
@histodons @musicology #history #ArabicLiterature @bookstodon
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"Between second to second,
Hope dies and Despair lives
A lip smiles and an eye tears up
A friend betrays and an enemy dies
Between second to second"
-May Ziadeh (1886-1941)https://www.facebook.com/MuqtabsatMayZyada/photos/a.340938385997032/2886838288073683/
#poetry #fridaypoetry #Arabic #ArabicLiterature #feminism #history #histodons @poetry
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I must recommend Al-Ma'arri's Epistle of Forgiveness (رسالة الغفران) to any fans of Dante's The Divine Comedy.
The story is about a poet who journeys through Heaven and hell just to meet other Arabic speaking poets and talk about poetry. It is a precursor to the Divine Comedy, but they likely had the same source material.
My personal favorite sections are when he meets the djinn and talks to the devil.
@bookstodon #bookstodon #amreading #ArabicLiterature #dantesinferno #decrecs
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I want to show off this short video which explains the neo-classical Arabic poetry movement in the 19th century pretty concisely.
In summary, the movement was largely in Egypt, but also in Lebanon and Syria and took the idea that poetry should have Classical Arabic form with contemporary thought.
#history #histodons @histodons @poetry #poetry #ArabicLiterature #arabic #ArabicLanguage
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Mawaal (موال) #poetry is a sung colloquial poetry popular throughout the Middle East. In #Egypt, its origins can be traced to pharaonic times.
Ismail Sabri Basha (1854-1923) created a five line Mawaal poem switching the qaf (ق) with the (آ) sound as is done in Egyptian Arabic.
I will not be translating this poem because a friend did so to explain it to me, but I will be looking for a different one to translate in the future.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QB6mQZaBrE&ab_channel=GolaGolaA
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In both Arabic and English, I have not located her writings and #poetry so naturally, I have to tell people about the Lebanese, born-Egyptian writer Alexandra Avierino (1872-1937)
Born to an Orthodox Christian family, she founded the Arabic women's journal "The Sociable Companion" (أنيس الجليس).
Attached is the cover of a 1898 issue of this very magazine.
P.S. If anyone could tell me where to find her writings, I'd appreciate it.
#history #histodons #egypt #writer #ArabicLiterature #arabic
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Earlier today I posted a poem by Baha al-Din Zuhayr (1186-1258). He was an Egyptian who became the secretary to the Ayyubid prince Salah Ayub, the man who would become the last Ayyubid ruler before the Mamluks rose to power.
If you guys are interested in seeing a more professionally translated collection of his poems, I am posting an Amazon link to an 1877 translation of his poems by E.H. Palmer
#histodons #Egypt #history #poetry #ArabicLiterature #Arabic #middleeast
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You did not speak and I did not listen
This conversation is not appropriate between us
If the honorable are your friends
Conceal the ugly and reveal the good
Baha al-Din Zuhayr
https://www.aldiwan.net/poem42424.html
#fridaypoetry #ArabicLiterature #Arabic #poetry #translation