Tell me, O tell me! by the planets that are above Who is the heavenly herald who is the dove That thrilled to our midst from yon horizon and sea To cry live Egypt live independent and free -Jawdat R…. Read More ›
PalFest 
Friday Links: Why Translations Suffer, PalFest Closes to Blast of Tear Gas, The Marginalization of Libyan Fiction, More
Tim Parks on the Paradoxes of ‘International Literature’ Apparently, Arabic novels are not the only ones that suffer from translators’ poor pay, rushed jobs, and editors looking to fill a niche. Writing in the TLS, Tim Parks echoes what Anthony… Read More ›
PalFest 2011 Opens Today
The grown-up participants are yet to cross the Allenby Bridge, but PalFest has already begun for its youngest festival-goers.
For the first time this year, PalFest kicks off with a one-day children’s festival at the Lajee Centre.
PalFest 2011 Announces Lineup of ‘Festival Where Everyone Performs’
Earlier this week, organizers announced the literary lineup of the fourth annual Palestine Festival of Literature, popularly known as PalFest.
The traveling festival is set to run from April 15-20, stopping at locations in Jerusalem, Nazareth, Jenin, Ramallah, and elsewhere.
If You’re in London, Join al-Shaykh and Soueif at PalFest Art Auction
PalFest organizers announced today that—to raise money for PalFest 2011—they will be holding an auction of donated artworks. The auction will take place at SOAS “Brunei Building” in London on March 31. It’s set to begin at 6:30 p.m. and run until 9.
PalFest 2011 Set for April
According to a post on PalFest’s Twitter account, “Our fundraising cycle for 2011 begins in earnest now.”
Raja Shehadeh’s /A Rift in Time: Travels with my Ottoman Uncle/ Available Now
Raja Shehadeh, a Palestinian lawyer and author who lives in Ramallah (and writes in English) has a new book out this month from Profile Books, titled A Rift in Time. Shehadeh is best-known for his Palestinian Walks, which was the… Read More ›
PalFest an ‘Attack on Arabic’?
Yesterday’s PalFest wrap-up in Al Jazeera, penned by Sousan Hammad, provides sharp criticism for this and other literary events in the region. Her main criticism is that core PalFest events—as at the big Abu Dhabi and Emirates lit festivals—take place… Read More ›
PalFest Wrap-up Event: The Video
Seven and a half minutes from the closing night.
PalFest Wraps Up With Personal Readings
PalFest wrapped up yesterday with a final event at the African Community Society in Jerusalem. I haven’t seen video or tweets about the event, but each participant was set to read “a passage that means something personal to them.” The… Read More ›
Israeli Arab and Jewish Authors Get Together in ‘Harmonious Conflict’
I was just going to ignore this one, as its relationship to literature is pretty thin. But interesting that this May 3 article (and the whole of the Jerusalem Post, so far as I can tell) makes no mention of… Read More ›
PalFest Day 2: Palestine Like a Humor-writing Masterclass
In his Day 2 blog on the PalFest website, author William Sutcliffe writes about his reading, given in a Turkish bath, and about what being in Palestine has taught him about humor: As a writer who has spent most of… Read More ›
