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On December 12th, the Danish widely read newspaper Politiken interviewed Hawra Al Nadawi. The young writer was long-listed for the IPAF (Arab Man Booker), for her first novel ‘Under the Copenhagen sky’ published by Dar al Saqi, Lebanon, in 2010. Below, with some delay, the English translation of the interview that didn’t go unnoticed in Denmark (approximate translation — thank you Google! — as I have no knowledge whatsoever of Danish). As several Danish colleagues confessed, such a book giving an insight into the Arab emigrant population of Denmark has …
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Published by Dar al Saqi in the fall of 2011, Beavers is a sensitive portrait of a contemporary Saudi bourgeois family.
In the months spanning from March to July, Samar Yazbek, then in Damascus, kept a diary, where she took note of events she witnessed, people she talked to, and her impressions. This diary is now turned into a book.
As a follow up on the previous post, concerning a very interesting interview given by Hawra al Nadawi to politiken in Denmark, I am happy to announce that the Danish rights of the young author’s book ‘Under the Copenhagen’s sky’, was acquired by C&K Forlag.
RAYA now proudly represents the list of the Lebanese house Dar al saqi. Go to the ‘Clients’ list’ in the menu, and stay updated with authors and titles from their wide list that we will be putting the spot lights on!
The news below was taken from the IPAF’s website. Our favorite literature blogger is attending the conference in Cairo and should get back later today with some further insight!
On December 26, 2011, Syria had its deadliest day since mid-March. One hundred civilian deaths, according to the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights. On the 29th, despite the presence of the Arab League observers in the country, the security forces have launched nail bombs on the crowd on the Great Mosque square in Duma. On December 31st, hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets again in the country. There have been dozens of deaths.
