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The ninth circuit of the New Cairo Misdemeanor court has postponed proceedings in the retrial of Mada Masr Editor-in-Chief Lina Attalah until November 18. More: instagram.com/p/DfmZ6nlFcoG/
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"Yet sleep in Azem’s novel is never merely an escape from violence; the protagonist, Gharib Haifawi, must also 'steal' sleep to dream. As a kind god tells him, dreams are 'the seed of a long path still ahead.'"
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Beautiful conversation with poet Nour Balousha today on ArabLit.
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Looking forward to "The Field"
by Hamdi Abu Gollayel
Translated by Robin Moger
Coming March 2027:
saqibooks.com/books/saqi/the…
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Save the date - International Prize for Arabic Fiction's 2027 longlist coming December 15 2026.
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A look at this year's Sharjah Int'l Book Fair by @oliviasnaije:
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& @PalFest's book of the week (in their essential newsletter) is this beauty.
Read this poem from the collection, for Mahmoud Darwish (Enter “Butterfly’s Burden”):
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& order:
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For the Love of the Theatre: An Interview with Ahmed El Attar from @TheMarkazReview:
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Five Arab novels that paint an AI-dominated future
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Dear some lucky publisher,
Read this. Then check out Omar Taher's oeuvre & bring one of his works into English translation. Could be Radio Songs, for instance. Right? Right.
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Also in THE KEY, 3 Poems by Heba Abu Nada, introduced by Heba's sister Somaia.
Somaia also has an essay on Heba's work in the forthcoming GAZA IN BOOKS (will be ready for #ReadPalestineWeek, we're proofing pages now).
thekeymagazine.com/p/heba-ab…
Subscribers to @PalFest's THE KEY today got a new Mahmoud Darwish translation in their email (by the beautiful Barbara Romaine).
Support their brilliant work here:
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Grateful to @BadarSalem for sharing this poem.
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ALT In My Kitchen By Amer Badran Translated by Badar Salem At night, in the morgue of my refrigerator: a fish shrouded in aluminum foil, five legs blown apart yesterday in the chicken massacre. An apple slaughtered away from its mother, and dead oranges Bottled like water in glass. Pistachios preserved in syrup, embalmed in an elegant tin. Should I throw them away, or drive away the flies? In my kitchen, at night, how it frightens me that dust should feast on dust.
matched, continuing the chain.
Matched! Urgent support is needed for @sameerproject as they respond to the devastating flooding in Gaza. Let’s keep the chain going!
Neil Hewison (pictured) on Translating Egyptian Village Life
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Mohamed Mansi Qandil (his book pictured), on Medicine and Writing
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Except from ‘The Country Doctor’s Tale’
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ALT Translator Neil Hewison holding Arabic & English editions of "The Country Doctor's Tale" by Mohammed Mansi Qandil.
"A gram of matter or less"
By Malak Afouneh
Translated into English by Omar Odeh
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