Past Events
3.30pm
BBC Radio 4
Readings from Sardines and Oranges
Monday 5th : The Crop by Gamal el-Ghitani
(translated by Mohammed Shaheen, pub. Banipal 21 & Sardines and Oranges)
Tuesday 6th : The Furnace by Rachida el-Charni
(translated by Ali Azeriah, pub. Banipal 10/11 & Sardines and Oranges)
Wednesday 7th : If She Comes by Tayeb Salih
(translated by Shakir Mustafa, pub. Banipal 22 and Sardines and Oranges)
Thursday 8th : Provisions of Sand by Said el-Kafrawi
(translated by Mona Zaki, pub. Banipal 9 and Sardines and Oranges)
Friday 9th : You Taught Me To Love Life, Father by Aroussia Naluti (translated by Ali Azeriah, pub. Banipal 24)
Latest News
06/02/2012At a celebration of literary translation on Monday 6 February at Kings Place, Khaled Mattawa will receive the 2011 Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation.
[read more]03/02/2012
The Mosaic Rooms celebrates theartistic and poetic works of the great Syrian poet Adonis with talks and events from 3-8 February and an exhibition of Adonis's collages from 3 February until 30 March. The opening evening this Friday sees Adonis in conversation with Khaled Mattawa who is the winner of the 2011 Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for his translation Adonis: Selected Poems.
[read more]16/01/2012
Khaled Mattawa wins the 2011 Saif Ghobash-Banipal Translation Prize for Adonis:Selected Poems
[read more]12/01/2012
Chair of IPAF Judges Georges Tarabichi announces the shortlist authors of the 2012 International Prize for Arabic Fiction.
[read more]09/01/2012
Banipal Book Club's first book for discussion is The Tobacco Keeper by Ali Bader.
[read more]08/01/2012
Ibrahim Aslan, one of Egypt's best-loved authors, has died of heart failure at the age of 77.
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