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Twenty Years

‏What has changed in the last twenty years in Arabic literature, publishing and translation? What has not? The sponsor of this episode, the Sheikh Zayed Book Award, was founded in 2006. It was followed by a number of other shifts: the globalization of regional book fairs, the fou ...  Show more

Books by Rabih Alameddine, May Ziadeh, Samar Yazbek, Lamia Ziadé and More

‏Marcia is publishing the first English translation of early 20th century woman of letters and feminist icon May Ziadhe; Ursula has been working on a review of the award-winning Lebanese novelist Rabih Alameddine. We also talk about a devastating book based on interviews with Gaz ...  Show more

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