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Fine Poetry, Fun Anecdotes, & Life Lessons in Medieval Middle East Monasteries: An Interview with Hilary Kilpatrick
The Book of Monasteries transports readers to a world of Christian monasteries rarely seen by outsiders.
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AJ Naddaff
November 2022
Kareem James Abu-Zeid: Making Imru al-Qays Sing and Soar
On translating the legendary pre-Islamic poet Imru al-Qays
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AJ Naddaff
March 2022
James Montgomery on Translation, ‘The Vehicle I’ve Been Looking For All Along’
Today, a new installment of my occasional series of talks with translators of premodern Arabic literature, featuring the eminent scholar-translator…
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AJ Naddaff
Rami Khouri On the Story of the Human Condition
I spoke with Rami Khouri, veteran journalist and Director of Global Engagement at the American University of Beirut, on a number of topics related to…
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AJ Naddaff
February 2022
Marcel Kurpershoek on the Beauties of Nabati Poetry
Conversation with a renowned Dutch Arabist specialized in Arabian poetry.
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AJ Naddaff
November 2021
A Corrective Movement Paranoid About Its Own Correctiveness
Alexander Key on Domesticating Al-Jurjani 110%
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AJ Naddaff
October 2021
Huda Fakhreddine: A Translator Must Have Something To Say About the Text
Today, the third installment of my series of talks with translators of premodern Arabic literature, features literary translator Huda Fakhreddine
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AJ Naddaff
A Saturn Dreaming of Mercury
A talk with Maurice Pomerantz on The Maqāmāt of Hamadhānī
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AJ Naddaff
September 2021
Rebuilding that Old Tower of Babel
A Talk with Michael Cooperson
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AJ Naddaff
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Translating Pre-Modern Arabic Literature
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AJ Naddaff
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