Zain is a researcher and literary translator of Urdu literature, currently a PhD Candidate in Comparative Literature and Literary Theory at the University of Pennsylvania On The Frightening Story By Scheherazade The inclination to startle and scare others is as old as that of storytelling itself. One may even say that these
Zain is a researcher and literary translator of Urdu literature, currently a PhD Candidate in Comparative Literature and Literary Theory at the University of Pennsylvania. New Mountain-diggers, New Axes “New Mountain-Diggers, New Axes” was the opening essay in the first issue of Shabḳhūn (or Night-Attack), dated June 1966. Shabḳhūn was a modernist
Alice Guthrie is an independent translator, editor, and curator specialising in contemporary Arabic writing. Widely published since 2008, her work has often focused on subaltern voices, activist art and queerness (winning her the Jules Chametzky Translation Prize 2019 for Gazan writer Atef Abu Saif's 'The Lottery'). Her bilingual editorial and research work has been part
Alice Guthrie is an independent translator, editor, and curator specialising in contemporary Arabic writing. Widely published since 2008, her work has often focused on subaltern voices, activist art and queerness (winning her the Jules Chametzky Translation Prize 2019). Her bilingual editorial and research work has been part of the movement to decolonise Arabic-English literary
Alice Guthrie is an independent translator, editor, and curator specialising in contemporary Arabic writing. Widely published since 2008, her work has often focused on subaltern voices, activist art and queerness (winning her the Jules Chametzky Translation Prize 2019). Her bilingual editorial and research work has been part of the movement to decolonise Arabic-English literary
This essay was translated for the MULOSIGE project by Dr. Ambreen Salahuddin. Urdu Postmodernism: Some Thoughts or urdu māb’ad-e jadīdīyat: chand nakāt Written by Wahāb Ashrafi (1936-2012), translated by Dr. Ambreen Salahuddin To find the original essay in Urdu, please turn to pages 145-155 here. Photo by Janko Ferlič on Unsplash
This essay was translated for the MULOSIGE project by Dr. Ambreen Salahuddin. What is Poetics? or sh‘eriyāt kya hai? Written by Wahāb Ashrafi (1936-2012), translated by Dr. Ambreen Salahuddin To find the original essay in Urdu, please turn to pages 1-11 here. Photo by Álvaro Serrano on Unsplash There was
This essay was translated for the MULOSIGE project by Dr. Ambreen Salahuddin. The Hero of the Western Novel Dr Rafiq Sandeelvi Translated by: Dr. Ambreen Salahuddin (Part One) Photo by Esteban Lopez on Unsplash This is the post modern era of fiction. But as we look back century by
Zain Mian is a literary translator and researcher of Urdu literature, currently a PhD Candidate in Comparative Literature and Literary Theory at the University of Pennsylvania. Friends, Caretakers, Countrymen: Shabḳhūn and the Reconciliations of Urdu Modernism In April 1966, the new modernist journal Shabḳhūn (or Night-Attack) broke onto the Indian literary scene.
Zahia Smail Salhi is Chair of Modern Arabic Studies at the University of Manchester. She served as Judge of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction in 2013, and the Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation in 2016. She acted as Co-Director of the Centre for the Advanced Study of the Arab World
