Twenty years after the disastrous and mendacious US invasion of Iraq, we take a look at writing from Iraq: memoirs, poems and blog posts. Shalash the Iraqi is a collection of such posts – a satirical, surreal, and affecting panorama in life in a Shia suburb of Baghdad in the early years of the occupation. 

Show Notes:

An excerptfrom Gaith Abdul-ahad’s memoir A Stranger In Your Own City ran recently in the Guardian

Shalash The Iraqi, trans. Luke Leafgren, is a collection of blog posts written in 2005-2006 

An excerpt from Faleeha Hassan’s memoir War and Me, tans. William Hutchins ran on Arablit.org.

The Book of Trivialities, by Majed Mujid, trans. Kareem James Abu-Zeid

The only English-language collection of Sargon Boulous’ self-translated poetry is Knife Sharpener from Banipal Books. You can find a list of his poems available online here. 

You can make a donation to support BULAQ's 2023 season here: https://donorbox.org/support-bulaq

Twenty years after the disastrous and mendacious US invasion of Iraq, we take a look at writing from Iraq: memoirs, poems and blog posts. Shalash the Iraqi is a collection of such posts – a satirical, surreal, and affecting panorama in life in a Shia suburb of Baghdad in the early years of the occupation. 
Show Notes:
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/21/baghdad-memories-what-the-first-few-months-of-the-us-occupation-felt-like-to-an-iraqi">An excerpt</a> from Gaith Abdul-ahad’s memoir A Stranger In Your Own City ran recently in the Guardian
<a href="https://www.andotherstories.org/shalash-the-iraqi/">Shalash The Iraqi</a>, trans. Luke Leafgren, is a collection of blog posts written in 2005-2006 
<a href="https://arablit.org/2023/03/21/an-excerpt-from-faleeha-hassans-war-and-me/">An excerpt</a> from Faleeha Hassan’s memoir War and Me, tans. William Hutchins ran on Arablit.org.
<a href="https://gutterbookshop.com/product/the-book-of-trivialities-by-majed-mujed-paperback-april-2023/">The Book of Trivialities</a>, by Majed Mujid, trans. Kareem James Abu-Zeid
The only English-language collection of Sargon Boulous’ self-translated poetry is <a href="https://www.banipal.co.uk/banipal_books/70/knife-sharpener/">Knife Sharpener</a> from Banipal Books. You can find a list of his poems available online <a href="https://arablit.org/2013/10/24/two-newly-translated-poems-by-sargon-boulus/">here</a>. 
You can make a donation to support BULAQ's 2023 season here: <a href="https://donorbox.org/support-bulaq">https://donorbox.org/support-bulaq</a>

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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