We’re back! Catch up on everything you missed over the summer, including Women in Translation Month and a Fall reading list full of intriguing new titles. 

Show Notes: 

In our opening, Marcia reads "Four Years Without You" (For Mahmoud Darwish) by Samar Abdel Jabar, trans. Zeina Hashem Beck

August was Women in Translation Month with ArabLit highlighting Arab women authors you may not have heard of yet. 

The Female Voices in Arabic Literature webinar featured writer Iman Mersal, translator Sawad Hussain and scholar Dr. Marlé Hammond. 

Melanie Magidow’s translation of a (small portion) of the epic poem of Dhat al-Himma is out from Penguin Press as The Tale of Princess Fatima, Warrior Woman. 

Warda, by Sonallah Ibrahim, trans. Hosam Abul-Ela, is out from Yale University Press

Slipping, by Mohamed Kheir, trans. Robin Moger, was published in June by Two Lines Press. 

The Library of Arabic Literature is behind the bilingual edition of Hanna Diyab’s Books of Travels (trans. Elias Muhanna)and al-Baghdadi’s A Physician on the Nile (trans.. Tim Mackintosh-Smith). Diyab is the source of some of the stories Antoine Galland added to his version of the 1001 Nights, including the story Aladdin. 

Samar Yazbek’s Planet of Clay (trans. Leri Price) is forthcoming from World Editions. 

The Egyptian writer Basma Abdel Aziz’s 2016 novel The Queue (trans. Lissie Jacquette) was a widely praised work of dark political fantasy. Her follow-up, tr. Jonathan Wright, is Here Is A Body.

Ursula’s article on Edward Said -- on his own account of his life and those of others, including a recent biography -- can be found at The Point.  

We&rsquo;re back! Catch up on everything you missed over the summer, including Women in Translation Month and a Fall reading list full of intriguing new titles.&nbsp;
Show Notes:&nbsp;
In our opening, Marcia reads <a href="https://arablit.org/2021/08/10/new-poetry-samar-abdel-jabers-four-years-without-you/">"Four Years Without You"</a> (For Mahmoud Darwish) by Samar Abdel Jabar, trans. Zeina Hashem Beck
August was <a href="https://arablit.org/2021/08/01/women-in-translation-month-10-books-for-2021/">Women in Translation Month</a> with ArabLit highlighting <a href="https://arablit.org/2021/08/25/9-short-stories-by-syrian-women-in-translation/">Arab women authors </a>you may <a href="https://arablit.org/2021/08/18/9-short-stories-by-egyptian-women-in-translation/">not have heard of </a>yet.&nbsp;
The <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKFa31ezmAQ">Female Voices in Arabic Literature webinar</a> featured writer Iman Mersal, translator Sawad Hussain and scholar Dr. Marl&eacute; Hammond.&nbsp;
Melanie Magidow&rsquo;s translation of a (small portion) of the epic poem of Dhat al-Himma is out from Penguin Press as <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/605312/the-tale-of-princess-fatima-warrior-woman-by-edited-translated-and-with-an-introduction-and-notes-by-melanie-magidow/">The Tale of Princess Fatima, Warrior Woman</a>.&nbsp;
<a href="https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300228656/warda">Warda</a>, by Sonallah Ibrahim, trans. Hosam Abul-Ela, is out from Yale University Press
<a href="https://www.catranslation.org/shop/book/slipping/">Slipping</a>, by Mohamed Kheir, trans. Robin Moger, was published in June by Two Lines Press.&nbsp;
The Library of Arabic Literature is behind the bilingual edition of Hanna Diyab&rsquo;s <a href="https://nyupress.org/9781479892303/the-book-of-travels/">Books of Travels </a>(trans. Elias Muhanna) and al-Baghdadi&rsquo;s <a href="https://nyupress.org/9781479806249/a-physician-on-the-nile/">A Physician on the Nile</a> (trans.. Tim Mackintosh-Smith). Diyab is the source of some of the stories Antoine Galland added to his version of the 1001 Nights, including the story Aladdin.&nbsp;
Samar Yazbek&rsquo;s <a href="https://www.worldeditions.org/product/planet-of-clay/">Planet of Clay</a> (trans. Leri Price) is forthcoming from World Editions.&nbsp;
The Egyptian writer Basma Abdel Aziz&rsquo;s 2016 novel <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B013NI7V9S/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&amp;btkr=1">The Queue</a> (trans. Lissie Jacquette) was a widely praised work of dark political fantasy. Her follow-up, tr. Jonathan Wright, is <a href="https://hoopoefiction.com/book/here-is-a-body/">Here Is A Body</a>.
Ursula&rsquo;s article on Edward Said -- on his own account of his life and those of others, including a recent biography -- can be found at <a href="https://thepointmag.com/criticism/edward-saids-double-vision/">The Point</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;

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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