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On the face of it, Loss Sings claims to be fifteen translations of al-Khansā, a much celebrated Arabian poet of the seventh century whose threnodic poems commemorate the loss of her… Continue reading "‘Loss Sings’: Translating Grief"
Youssef Rakha is the author of The Book of the Sultan’s Seal: Strange Incidents from History in the City of Mars. Cairo where Rakha lives and works, is at the heart… Continue reading "An Interview with Youssef Rakha: Author of The Book of the Sultan’s Seal"
Book review appeared in the New Statesman in December. There was an expectation that Ibrahim Nasrallah’s first UK book tour, which began last month, would focus on the invasion of Gaza instead of… Continue reading "Time of White Horses"