{"id":2576,"date":"2008-04-15T16:10:50","date_gmt":"2008-04-15T16:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/?p=2576"},"modified":"2008-04-15T16:10:50","modified_gmt":"2008-04-15T16:10:50","slug":"2008-4-15-london-book-fair-and-arab-literature-html","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/?p=2576","title":{"rendered":"London Book Fair and Arab literature"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-src=\"v5\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.londonbookfair.co.uk\/\">London Book Fair<\/a>, which this year shines a spotlight on Arab literature, ends tomorrow. Here are selected links to related stories:<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u0153\u00af <a href=\"http:\/\/dailystaregypt.com\/article.aspx?ArticleID=13056\" title=\"Daily News Egypt - Full Article\">PUBLISH AND BE DAMNED<\/a> &#8211; On religion and censorship for Egypt&#8217;s independent publishing houses.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u0153\u00af <a href=\"\/arabawy\/2008\/04\/15\/pigs-raid-sharqawis-publishing-house-confiscate-books\/\" title=\"Pigs raid Sharqawi\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s publishing house; confiscate books \u00d8\u00ae\u00d9\u2020\u00d8\u00a7\u00d8\u00b2\u00d9\u0160\u00d8\u00b1 \u00d8\u00a7\u00d9\u201e\u00d8\u00af\u00d8\u00a7\u00d8\u00ae\u00d9\u201e\u00d9\u0160\u00d8\u00a9 \u00d8\u00aa\u00d8\u00af\u00d8\u00a7\u00d9\u2021\u00d9\u2026 \u00d8\u00af\u00d8\u00a7\u00d8\u00b1 \u00d9\u2026\u00d9\u201e\u00d8\u00a7\u00d9\u2026\u00d8\u00ad \u00d9\u201e\u00d9\u201e\u00d9\u2020\u00d8\u00b4\u00d8\u00b1 \u00d9\u02c6\u00d8\u00aa\u00d8\u00b5\u00d8\u00a7\u00d8\u00af\u00d8\u00b1 \u00d9\u0192\u00d8\u00aa\u00d8\u00a8 at 3arabawy\">Pigs raid Sharqawi\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s publishing house; confiscate books \u00d8\u00ae\u00d9\u2020\u00d8\u00a7\u00d8\u00b2\u00d9\u0160\u00d8\u00b1 \u00d8\u00a7\u00d9\u201e\u00d8\u00af\u00d8\u00a7\u00d8\u00ae\u00d9\u201e\u00d9\u0160\u00d8\u00a9 \u00d8\u00aa\u00d8\u00af\u00d8\u00a7\u00d9\u2021\u00d9\u2026 \u00d8\u00af\u00d8\u00a7\u00d8\u00b1 \u00d9\u2026\u00d9\u201e\u00d8\u00a7\u00d9\u2026\u00d8\u00ad \u00d9\u201e\u00d9\u201e\u00d9\u2020\u00d8\u00b4\u00d8\u00b1 \u00d9\u02c6\u00d8\u00aa\u00d8\u00b5\u00d8\u00a7\u00d8\u00af\u00d8\u00b1 \u00d9\u0192\u00d8\u00aa\u00d8\u00a8 at 3arabawy<\/a> &#8211; Hossam reports that blogger M. Sharqawi&#8217;s publishing house, which puts out among other the graphic novel <em>Metro<\/em>, was raided.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u0153\u00af <a href=\"http:\/\/books.guardian.co.uk\/review\/story\/0,,2272871,00.html\" title=\"Authors and critics on arabic literature | Review | guardian.co.uk Books\">Authors and critics on arabic literature | Review | guardian.co.uk Books<\/a> &#8211; Ahmed Alaidy, Roger Allen, Amani Amin, Alaa al-Aswaany, Mourid Barghouti, Sulayman al-Bassam, Feisal al-Darraj, Sabry Hafez, Hala Halim, Denys Johnson-Davies, Hisham Matar, Amjad Nasser, Hanan al-Shaykah, Adania Shibli, Bahaa Taher, Hind Wassef, and Nabil Yassin on the state of Arab literature.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u0153\u00af <a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishcouncil.org\/newarabicbooks\" title=\"British Council - New Arabic Books\">British Council &#8211; New Arabic Books<\/a> &#8211; Program to translate Arabic books<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u0153\u00af <a href=\"http:\/\/books.guardian.co.uk\/print\/0,,333488014-99819,00.html\" title=\"Books | Cairo's greatest literary secret\">Books | Cairo&#8217;s greatest literary secret<\/a> &#8211; Profile of Bahaa Taher<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u0153\u00af <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/books\/features\/is-the-arab-world-ready-for-a-literary-revolution-808946.html\" title=\"Is the Arab world ready for a literary revolution? - Features, Books - The Independent\">Is the Arab world ready for a literary revolution? &#8211; Features, Books &#8211; The Independent<\/a> &#8211; Essay piece from the Hay Alhambra lit festival<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u0153\u00af <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebookseller.com\/news\/56681-arab-book-world-challenges.html\" title=\"theBookseller.com\">Arab book world challenges | theBookseller.com<\/a> &#8211; Amr Moussa promises &#8220;decade of education&#8221; to encourage literature.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u0153\u00af <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebookseller.com\/news\/56626-arcadia-and-haus-launch-arab-imprint.html\" title=\"theBookseller.com\">Arcadia and Haus launch Arab imprint | theBookseller.com<\/a> &#8211; London publishers launch project to publish Arabic lit in translation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div data-src=\"v5\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.londonbookfair.co.uk\/\">London Book Fair<\/a>, which this year shines a spotlight on Arab literature, ends tomorrow. Here are selected links to related stories:<br \/>\n\u00e2\u0153\u00af <a href=\"http:\/\/dailystaregypt.com\/article.aspx?ArticleID=13056\" title=\"Daily News Egypt - Full Article\">PUBLISH AND BE DAMNED<\/a> &#8211; On religion and censorship for Egypt&#8217;s independent publishing houses.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u0153\u00af <a href=\"\/arabawy\/2008\/04\/15\/pigs-raid-sharqawis-publishing-house-confiscate-books\/\" title=\"Pigs raid Sharqawi\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s publishing house; confiscate books \u00d8\u00ae\u00d9\u2020\u00d8\u00a7\u00d8\u00b2\u00d9\u0160\u00d8\u00b1 \u00d8\u00a7\u00d9\u201e\u00d8\u00af\u00d8\u00a7\u00d8\u00ae\u00d9\u201e\u00d9\u0160\u00d8\u00a9 \u00d8\u00aa\u00d8\u00af\u00d8\u00a7\u00d9\u2021\u00d9\u2026 \u00d8\u00af\u00d8\u00a7\u00d8\u00b1 \u00d9\u2026\u00d9\u201e\u00d8\u00a7\u00d9\u2026\u00d8\u00ad \u00d9\u201e\u00d9\u201e\u00d9\u2020\u00d8\u00b4\u00d8\u00b1 \u00d9\u02c6\u00d8\u00aa\u00d8\u00b5\u00d8\u00a7\u00d8\u00af\u00d8\u00b1 \u00d9\u0192\u00d8\u00aa\u00d8\u00a8 at 3arabawy\">Pigs raid Sharqawi\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s publishing house; confiscate books \u00d8\u00ae\u00d9\u2020\u00d8\u00a7\u00d8\u00b2\u00d9\u0160\u00d8\u00b1 \u00d8\u00a7\u00d9\u201e\u00d8\u00af\u00d8\u00a7\u00d8\u00ae\u00d9\u201e\u00d9\u0160\u00d8\u00a9 \u00d8\u00aa\u00d8\u00af\u00d8\u00a7\u00d9\u2021\u00d9\u2026 \u00d8\u00af\u00d8\u00a7\u00d8\u00b1 \u00d9\u2026\u00d9\u201e\u00d8\u00a7\u00d9\u2026\u00d8\u00ad \u00d9\u201e\u00d9\u201e\u00d9\u2020\u00d8\u00b4\u00d8\u00b1 \u00d9\u02c6\u00d8\u00aa\u00d8\u00b5\u00d8\u00a7\u00d8\u00af\u00d8\u00b1 \u00d9\u0192\u00d8\u00aa\u00d8\u00a8 at 3arabawy<\/a> &#8211; Hossam reports that blogger M. Sharqawi&#8217;s publishing house, which puts out among other the graphic novel <em>Metro<\/em>, was raided.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u0153\u00af <a href=\"http:\/\/books.guardian.co.uk\/review\/story\/0,,2272871,00.html\" title=\"Authors and critics on arabic literature | Review | guardian.co.uk Books\">Authors and critics on arabic literature | Review | guardian.co.uk Books<\/a> &#8211; Ahmed Alaidy, Roger Allen, Amani Amin, Alaa al-Aswaany, Mourid Barghouti, Sulayman al-Bassam, Feisal al-Darraj, Sabry Hafez, Hala Halim, Denys Johnson-Davies, Hisham Matar, Amjad Nasser, Hanan al-Shaykah, Adania Shibli, Bahaa Taher, Hind Wassef, and Nabil Yassin on the state of Arab literature.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u0153\u00af <a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishcouncil.org\/newarabicbooks\" title=\"British Council - New Arabic Books\">British Council &#8211; New Arabic Books<\/a> &#8211; Program to translate Arabic books<br \/>\n\u00e2\u0153\u00af <a href=\"http:\/\/books.guardian.co.uk\/print\/0,,333488014-99819,00.html\" title=\"Books | Cairo's greatest literary secret\">Books | Cairo&#8217;s greatest literary secret<\/a> &#8211; Profile of Bahaa Taher<br \/>\n\u00e2\u0153\u00af <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/books\/features\/is-the-arab-world-ready-for-a-literary-revolution-808946.html\" title=\"Is the Arab world ready for a literary revolution? - Features, Books - The Independent\">Is the Arab world ready for a literary revolution? &#8211; Features, Books &#8211; The Independent<\/a> &#8211; Essay piece from the Hay Alhambra lit festival<br \/>\n\u00e2\u0153\u00af <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebookseller.com\/news\/56681-arab-book-world-challenges.html\" title=\"theBookseller.com\">Arab book world challenges | theBookseller.com<\/a> &#8211; Amr Moussa promises &#8220;decade of education&#8221; to encourage literature.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u0153\u00af <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebookseller.com\/news\/56626-arcadia-and-haus-launch-arab-imprint.html\" title=\"theBookseller.com\">Arcadia and Haus launch Arab imprint | theBookseller.com<\/a> &#8211; London publishers launch project to publish Arabic lit in translation.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[233],"tags":[229,81,102],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2576"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2576\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}