Watch the 2025 IPAF Ceremony here. ArabLit & ArabLit Quarterly May 7, 2025 In conversation with Elena Pare Egyptian author Mohamed Samir

Oppression is not a point of view
To order a copy, go to https://www.routledge.com/products/9781138929876 Published 2016, by Routledge Discursive interventions in the political arena are heavily mediated by various acts of translation that enable protest movements to connect across the globe. Focusing on the Egyptian experience since 2011, this volume brings together a unique group of activists who are able to reflect on the complexities, challenges and limitations
» Read moreWatch the 2025 IPAF Ceremony here. ArabLit & ArabLit Quarterly May 7, 2025 In conversation with Elena Pare Egyptian author Mohamed Samir Nada’s dystopian novel Prayer of Anxiety won the 2025 International Prize for Arabic Fiction. It is his third novel, although — in this conversation — he reveals an unpublished prolificity, alongside his job as a
» Read moreKhadidja Merakchi Assistant Professor at Heriot-Watt University March 25, 2025 I recently finished a revision of the Arabic translation of guidelines for caregivers (both professional and non professional), on caring for older people, and the process gave me some food for thought—Beyond the painful reminder of the decline that often comes with age, and the comfort in the quiet gratitude
» Read moreAUGUST 15, 2017 BY SARAH PEARCE (Or, How To Think Like a Literary Terrorist) It is with absolute glee that I have returned to the literary translation project that I had to shelve 18 months ago in the interest of finishing my work and doing the kind of work that would count towards making me tenurable. Yes, I still have
» Read moreEditors, The Black Agenda Review 21 Aug 2024 If you have not yet read Marina Magloire’s stunning essay “Moving Towards Life ,” you should. It is a lucid, eloquent, and fantastically-researched piece on June Jordan, Audre Lorde, and the politics of friendship and Black solidarity with Palestine. Magloire demonstrates in jaw-dropping fashion the efforts of certain so-called progressives to
» Read more17 January, 2025 • Yasmeen Hanoosh, Huda Fakhreddine The Markaz Review We have spent our lives and our entire histories unpacking ourselves culturally and politically for the benefit of an uninterested, arrogant, self-centered other who is often at the same time the oppressor and aggressor who is responsible for our miseries, benefits from them, and
» Read moreA recent resolution to condemn scholasticide has brought renewed attention to the term. But what does it mean? And where did it come from? Inside Higher Ed explains. By Josh Moody Last week members of the American Historical Association voted overwhelmingly in favor of a resolution condemning scholasticide in Gaza amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. The resolution
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» Read moreInternational Research School for Media Translation and Digital Culture (MTDC) 2025: Call for applications Dates: 23-28 June 2025 Venue: Hong Kong Baptist University Mode: Face-to-face The Centre for Translation at Hong Kong Baptist University is delighted to announce that it will host the 4th International Research School for Media Translation and Digital Culture (MTDC) in June 2025. Launched in
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» Read moreA webinar organized by the Genealogies of Knowledge Research Network in collaboration with the University of Oslo’s SHE Corpus team Date: 26 March 20 Time: 12:00-15:40 (UTC) Venue: Online Speakers: Dr Michael Livesey (Sheffield), Dr Kyunghye Kim (Dongguk), Dr Gabriela Saldanha (Oslo), Prof. Qing Cao (Durham) Event website: https://genealogiesofknowledge.net/research-network-events/translational-perspectives/ Registration link: https://nettskjema.no/a/477242 [nettskjema.no] About the event There is now a vast
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