Quarterly Conversation (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
Mahmoud Darwish was a poet essential to Palestinian concepts of identity an nationhood. Here, George Fragopoulos looks at four recently published book by the prolific writer, tracing an outline of the map Darwish left for his readers to follow.
History is made at night (Free subscription) | yesterday
... supported by the Sunni Grand Mufti, Mohamed Kabbani. Khalife had set a verse by Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish to music in his album Arabic Coffeepot, but Darwish's poem contained lines from the Koran (part of verse four of Sura 12, for the uninitiated) and protesters argued that Khalife had defiled the Koran by singing it as part of a commercial song. Shiite clerics –...
Ivebeenreadinglately (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
... highlights include Ron Slate's review of Farrah Field's Rising , George Fragopoulos's essay on Mahmoud Darwish in English, and Barrett Hathcock's review of The Ask , by the bitingly hilarious Sam Lipsyte ("How are you to review a book that simply frightens you?"). The most impressive piece in the issue, however, is "Translate This Book!," which collects responses...
Conversational Reading (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
... TRANSLATE THIS BOOK!, and now we pass that on to you. By Scott Esposito and Annie Janusch Tracing Mahmoud Darwish’s Map Mahmoud Darwish was a poet essential to Palestinian concepts of identity an nationhood. Here, George Fragopoulos...
Quarterly Conversation (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
The world of Arabic literature in English has changed a great deal in the last decade, according to award-winning translator Humphrey Davies. Denys Johnson-Davies—the pioneering translator who brought the works of Naguib Mahfouz, Tayeb Saleh, and Mahmoud Darwish to English-language audiences—says he never made much money from his labors. But, says Humphrey Davies (unrelated),...
