Oppression is not a point of view
By HAMZA HENDAWIPublished: Dec 14, 2014 CAIRO (AP) – When a group of activists is arrested in Egypt, the call for help goes most often to lawyer Ragia Omran. She then starts a long trek through police stations and prosecutors’ offices, trying to get their release or at least some respect for their rights. It’s a lonely, grueling struggle, and
» Read moreLinguistica Antverpiensia, No 13 (2014) Multilingualism at the cinema and on stage: A translation perspective Adriana Şerban & Reine Meylaerts Table of Contents Introduction Introduction PDF Reine Meylaerts, Adriana Şerban Articles La parole aux images, ou Multilinguisme et traduction dans les films de John McTiernan PDF Sylvain Agiboust Narratives of Translation and Belonging in Multilingual Performance: The Case Study of
» Read moreOCTOBER 28, 2014 Sharif Abdel Kouddous عربي In a bid to stamp out any last vestiges of revolutionary fervor and hold at bay the threat of collective empowerment, the Sisi regime has taken concrete steps to quash dissent, silence opposition voices, and consolidate control over the body politic. Under the guise of a war on terror and restoring
» Read moreCourageous Egyptian writer, academic and translator known for her Granada trilogy Marina Warner Monday 8 December 2014 Radwa Ashour was a powerful voice among Egyptian writers of the postwar generation and a writer of exceptional integrity and courage. Her work consistently engages with her country’s history and reflects passionately upon it. “I am an Arab woman and a citizen of
» Read moreBy Maha Abdelrahman Routledge – 2015 – 170 pages Series: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Democratization and Government The millions of Egyptians who returned to the heart of Cairo and Egypt’s other major cities for 18 days until the eventual toppling of the Mubarak regime were orderly without an organisation, inspired without a leader, and single-minded without one guiding political ideology. This
» Read moreSoraya Morayef / 18 Nov 2014 Comic magazines Samir, Lulu and Mickey Geeb (Pocket-sized Mickey) and Arabic translations of Tintin, Superman and Asterix and Obelix have been read and loved by generations of Arabs. Editorial cartoons are fundamental parts of every daily newspaper. But comic art remains an often unexamined and under-supported part of Arab artistic effort. A new initiative is intent on changing that. In September, the American
» Read moreOfcom: Results from the Second Sampling Exercise 5 November 2014 This document is the second of four reports on the quality of live subtitling in British television programmes, based on samples drawn from live-subtitled programming broadcast in April and May 2014 by the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and Sky. In order to address continuing complaints about the quality
» Read moreBy: Sultan Al Qassemi 31 October 2014 Egyptian artists were deeply involved in spearheading, capturing, and influencing the January 2011 uprising. In fact, the artistic community lost one of its own when 32-year-old Ahmed Bassiouny died in the early days of the uprising while taking part in the protests. For four days, the contemporary digital artist and experimental musician documented the protests in
» Read moreEdited by Paul F. Bandia Amsterdam/New York, NY 2014. VII, 235 pp. (Textxet 78) ISBN: 978-90-420-3894-3 Paper €52,-/US$73,- ISBN: 978-94-012-1176-5 E-Book €47,-/US$66,- Online info: http://www.rodopi.nl/senj.asp?BookId=TEXTXET+78 This book is a much needed contribution to interdisciplinary research on the intersection of French and Francophone Studies and Translation Studies. It highlights the symbiotic relationship between the two disciplines whereby theories and concepts developed
» Read moreSally Toma Monday, October 13, 2014 A nurse and her staff have tamed the men in a mental health ward into becoming compliant patients. They spend their days and nights in a medicine-induced state of fogginess that prevents them from rebelling against the petty rules and regulations that govern the ward. A smug guy believing he is free arrived
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