Arabic Literature, Mona Baker

Khaled Khalifa: "Revolutions Can't Be Reversed"

September 3, 2015 Mona Baker Soraya Morayef, Translating Dissent

By Soraya Morayef Jadaliyya, 8 July 2014 [Last month, the Syrian novelist Khaled Khalifa visited London to promote ‘Syria Speaks’, an anthology of short stories, poems, articles and visual art collected as a response to the Syrian regime’s crackdown on dissident voices since the 2011 Syrian uprising. As one of the most powerful and prominent writers in Syria, Khalifa continues

On translating Arwa Saleh, ‘Looking for a Trace of the Present in a Trace of the Past’

April 24, 2015 Mona Baker Articles, Articles, Egypt, Samah Selim, Translating Dissent, Translation

BY MLYNXQUALEY on APRIL 20, 2015 Samah Selim spoke at Cairo University last Thursday, at a talk moderated by Nada Abdel Sobhi, on “Why We Transate: Some Notes on Love, Loss, and Longing.” Mona Elnamoury was there: By Mona Elnamoury In her talk at Cairo University last Thursday, Samah Selim charmed the audience with her hearty genuine talk about translation and love. Selim

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Arabic, Arabic Literature, Arwa Saleh, Mona Elnamoury, Samah Selim