Guest hosts Rafael (age 11) and Milo (almost 10) take over this episode of Bulaq to talk about the evil aunts, time-traveling djinn, and scary checkpoints in the first book of Palestinian novelist Sonia Nimr’s fast-paced fantasy trilogy: Thunderbird.

Show Notes

The first Thunderbird novel is available from University of Texas Press. The second is forthcoming this fall.

Educators interested in joining a launch event on Zoom with author and translator can sign up at the University of Texas website. Participants will get a free copy of the book!

Red Stars, by Davide Morosinottto, is available in Denise Muir’s translation. You can find more about literature for young readers in translation at worldkidlit.wordpress.com.

Rafael’s next editing project is Sawad Hussain’s translation of Djamila Morani’s The Djinn’s Apple, forthcoming from Neem Tree.

Guest hosts Rafael (age 11) and Milo (almost 10) take over this episode of Bulaq to talk about the evil aunts, time-traveling djinn, and scary checkpoints in the first book of Palestinian novelist Sonia Nimr&rsquo;s fast-paced fantasy trilogy: Thunderbird.
Show Notes
The <a href="https://utpress.utexas.edu/books/nimr-qualey-thunderbird">first Thunderbird novel</a> is available from University of Texas Press. The <a href="https://utpress.utexas.edu/books/nimr-qualey-thunderbird-book-two">second is forthcoming this fall</a>.
Educators interested in joining<a href="https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/mes/events/thunderbird-book-launch-and-teacher-workshop"> a launch event on Zoom with author and translator</a> can sign up at the University of Texas website. Participants will get a free copy of the book!
Red Stars, by Davide Morosinottto, is available in Denise Muir&rsquo;s translation. You can find more about literature for young readers in translation at <a href="https://worldkidlit.wordpress.com">worldkidlit.wordpress.com</a>.
Rafael&rsquo;s next editing project is Sawad Hussain&rsquo;s translation of <a href="https://www.wordswithoutborders.org/article/april-2020-arabic-young-adult-literature-black-saturday-morani-hussain">Djamila Morani&rsquo;s The Djinn&rsquo;s Apple</a>, forthcoming from Neem Tree.

BULAQ is a book-centric podcast co-hosted by Ursula Lindsey (in Amman, Jordan) and M Lynx Qualey (in Rabat, Morocco). It focuses on Arabic literature in translation and is named after the first printing press established in Egypt in 1820. Produced by Sowt.

BULAQ is a book-centric podcast co-hosted by Ursula Lindsey (in Amman, Jordan) and M Lynx Qualey (in Rabat, Morocco). It focuses on Arabic literature in translation and is named after the first printing press established in Egypt in 1820. Produced by Sowt.

BULAQ | بولاق

BULAQ is a podcast about contemporary writing from and about the Middle East and North Africa. We talk about books written in Aleppo, Cairo, Marrakech and beyond. We look at the Arab region through the lens of literature, and we look at literature -- what it does, why it matters, how it relates to society and history and politics -- from the point of view of this part of the world.  BULAQ is co-produced by ArabLit and The Arabist and is hosted by Ursula Lindsey and M Lynx Qualey.

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