Tag Archive | Arabic Fiction
The 100 Best Arabic Books – According to the Arab Writers Union – via Arab Literature In English
The blog Arab Literature (In English) is running a feature on the 100 best Arabic Books according to the Arab Writers Union. You could go to the Writers Union page and run Google Translate and you would get a list with a few errors (The Cairo Trilogy by Mahfouz is the most egregious). But in [...]
Banipal – New Egyptian Writing (Spring 2006)
I only found out about Banipal a week or two ago and thought of buying a copy, but at 18 pounds for 3 issues (not too bad) and 17 pounds for shipping (ridiculous) forget that. Fortunately, I live near a major university and they have a subscription. I read through issue 25, New Writing from [...]
Season of Migration to the North and Tayeb Salih Reviewed in Harpers
There is an excellent review of Season of Migration to the North by Robyn Creswell in Harpers (via Powell’s). The review goes beyond the typical East-West polemic that usually comes out in reviews (something I noted in my own review). Many critics have noted that Season of Migration to the North is in some sense [...]
Season of Migration to the North – A Review
Season of Migration to the North is a difficult book to forget, one that posses difficult questions in the relations between the developed world and those from outside of it. A brief book, the economy and mystery create a view of the developed world that is troubling at best and hopeless at worst. Season follows [...]
Review of Modern Arabic Fiction in Al-Ahram
There is a good review of the Modern Arabic Fiction: An Anthologyin Al-Ahram Weekly. Of particular interest is the process the editor used in having the stories translated. Instead of translating them all herself she uses a team. Likewise, in her anthologies, she argues that only poets can render poetry and only fiction writers can [...]
