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So glad.. So proud 12 months of continuous work Great outcome “Alhamdulilah” Thank you for all the efforts you’ve put Ali علي المجيني | Ali Mujaini Thank you النادي الثقافي العماني for the unconditional support Thank you the team of #DarAlGhasam #BaitAlGhashamDarArabInternationalTranslationPrize 2025

Was fortunate to talk to the eloquent &, well, extremely likeable Omar El Akkad for Bulaq yesterday, (whose 2017 novel "American War" featured way-way back in Bulaq episode 16. Episode coming soon, get his book where books are got.

H.E. Dr. Abdullah bin Nasser Al-Harassi, the event’s patron, also honored the winners of the prize’s second edition. Sudanese novelist Mustafa Khalid Mustafa won the Authors’ Category for his novel “Haha Kah Kah… I Barely Survived”, while American translator Luke Leafgreen

ختام فعاليات الحفل السنوي لجائزة بيت الغشام دار عرب الدولية للترجمة تحت رعاية معالي الدكتور عبدالله بن ناصر الحراصي وزير الإعلام

Thank you for choosing The Djinn's Apple!! 🍏🍏🍏🍏

you can also employ me so I can share the money with ArabLit authors, translators, artists...

You can apply from anywhere in the 🌎. 🙌🏽

Meet the future of literary translation: this year’s emerging translators will read from their brilliant work in this special showcase National Centre for Writing. 9 mentees, 9 mentors, 8 languages 🇦🇪🇨🇳🇫🇴🇮🇹🇯🇵🇰🇷🇱🇹🇵🇱 See you online, 10 April. Do spread the word! 📣 🔗tinyurl.com/4kbct5zv

I'm teaching the Arabic translation workshop this summer Bristol Translates . It's online so you can apply from anywhere in the 🌍. Come translate with me & others who love Arabic literature. ArabLit & ArabLit Quarterly @arablit.bsky.social It's not letting me post the link here, so go directly to the Bristol website.

Next lunchtime read ...🤩

🌟 Introducing the 2025 Being Black in Publishing Cohort! Say hello to a bold new generation of publishing talent from South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya! Huge thanks to our funders @africannofilter for supporting this work and helping us build lasting representation and access.

I'm happy to report that I passed my viva this morning! Thank you to my panel: prof ProfessorZoeval 🌿💚🌳, Dr James Hadley & Prof Piotr Blumczyński for their brilliant engagement with my work! A giant thank you to my supervisors: Dr Kathleen, Neil Sadler, and Abdel-Wahab Khalifa for all their support

In four days.

The fact that kids chose the books for this shortlist makes me THE HAPPIEST!!! Really needed this joy today. Thank you young readers.🤓🥰 ArabLit & ArabLit Quarterly @arablit.bsky.social British Centre for Literary Translation Bristol Translates BRISMES #womenintranslation

Engaging & thought-provoking talk today at UChicago Franke Inst by Sawad Hussain on the power(lessness) of the translator & her experience as a #translator of Arabic literature. Thank you, Sawad, for sharing your insights & for taking the time to attend our Arabic Nadwa! #translation

We are deeply saddened to hear of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o’s passing. 🕊️ Pictured here at the launch of Wasafiri in 1984.

In this candid essay drawing on her own experiences, our outgoing Translator-in-Residence @SawadHussain discusses the particularities of translating between Arabic and English, plus the larger inequities between language pairs in the translation industry. buff.ly/CcvRVRC

Our outgoing Translator-in-Residence Sawad Hussain on translation & cricket 🏏

We're calling for proposals for Guest-Edited Issue 16(1) of Translation Spaces (articles online first; print issue: July 2027). You'll find details of the journal at benjamins.com/catalog/ts and the call details are at lnkd.in/eBqpcje9 Deadline is September 1st 2025!

We have three more exciting events left for June: 🗓️ A roundtable discussion with Vanessa Kisuule, sarah lasoye, Irenosen Okojie, and Rivers Solomon 🗓️ A pitching workshop with Sawad Hussain 🗓️ A conversation between Ruby Hembrom and R T Samuel buff.ly/WqcZJK7