بودكاست ثرثرة فنية الحلقة ٢٨ (متقمصون وأشباه) السلسلة جديدة الأشباه (الجزء الاول) كل سنة وانتوا طيبين وإنچوي يا حبايب youtu.be/_7QbGDW0fWo?si…

Collection of Eid coffee mornings in the Republic of Zefta

Days & nights spent travelling between Dahab and Cairo listening to Umm Kulthum — a piece for Lonely Planet:

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Oh that speechless tongue There was never a better disguise Keep tearing at that sun Tear it out of your skies - RD Thomas, The Way Down

New book and it's a beauty - amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0DCKC…

New crime fantasy by Nawara Negm. So far—not sure about the banana; otherwise glorious.

fantasy, myths, and comics in conversation in translation in alexandria, in my dreams - 🚌

A retelling of Ancient Egyptian mythology by Egypt's Neil Gaiman — Muhamad A. Jamal

not a lot of people know that "Sally Rooney: Intermezzo" is an anagram of "merely a nine złoty's orzo". 9 złoty is about £1.50, which from Morrisons gets you 500g of orzo - just 60g less than the weight of *Intermezzo* in hardback. a fun "easter egg" from faber and faber

Sally Rooney at The Southbank Centre tonight, before beginning her reading, speaking out strongly about the death and destruction in Palestine while saying, "It is difficult to avoid the conclusion that we are witnessing an unfolding genocide..."

a morning in cairo meeting the former manicurist for Naguib Mahfouz is a good morning in cairo

Even as a politics lecturer in a Middle East department, I am lost. Israel has a right to self defence, but Lebanon does not? Israelis have the right to be safe, but Palestinians do not? Iran can’t launch missiles into civilian areas, but Israel can? None of this is coherent.

An excerpt from Nawara Negm's excellent, funny, tragic, super, wonderful 'You Have Been Blocked' : arablit.org/2024/10/23/an-…

For your enjoyment, an excerpt of Nawara Negm's brilliant YOU HAVE BEEN BLOCKED today on arablit, tr. James Scanlan: arablit.org/2024/10/23/an-… Just a bit of it:

My wife's latest for Lonely Planet (compiled over months of weekend trips to Cairo) lonelyplanet.com/articles/ultim…

لكل حبــايب ثرثرة فنية وحشتونا جدا جدا ❤️ الحلقة الجديـدة .. المتقمصون الجزء الأول والجزء الثاني الجمعة نفس الميعاد الساعة ٣.. إنچــوي يا حبايب youtube.com/watch?v=pxXHer…

Today on ArabLit, an excerpt from Tunisian novelist Sufyan Rajab's NOAH'S HOURGLASS tr. James Scanlan. arablit.org/2025/04/23/fro…

جائزة الشيخ زايد للكتاب تصدر الترجمة الإنجليزية لرواية "مقهى ريش.. عين على مصر" للكاتبة الإماراتية ميسون صقر، في فرع الآداب ضمن منحة الترجمة، للمترجم جيمس سانكلان، وقد نشرتها مكتبة خان الجنوب، في إطار التعريف بالأدب العربي على نطاق عالمي أوسع.

The SZBA releases the English translation of the novel “Café Riche: An Eye on Egypt” by Emirati author Maisoon Saqer, under the Translation Grant in the Literature category, translated by James Scanlan and published by Khan Al Janub Library, as the work contributes to promoting