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Podcast: BULAQ | بŮŮاŮ
Episode: Less Cute and Safe
Description: We discuss Marciaâs recent interviews with professors teaching Arabic literature in translation; an essay by Lebanese novelist Rabih Alameddineâs in which he picks apart âworld literatureâ and foreign writers â such as himself â who act as âtour guidesâ; and a book that is an ambitious overview of modern art in the Arab world. Show notesAn overview of the âTeaching with Arabic Literature in Translationâ series appeared on the website al-Fanar. The whole series â which will consist nineteen interviewsas of May 21 â can be found on ArabLit. The series will go on hiatus over the summer, but will hopefully be spun into...