In Rules for Translators, Sampsonia Way presents five selections from a series by Arabic Literature featuring celebrated and award-winning literary translators about their “rules” for translation. Second in our feature is Andrea Labinger, translator of Angelina Muñiz-Huberman’s The Confidantes.
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Spain’s government recent approval of a restrictive abortion law is seen by activists and women’s groups as turning back the clock on rights acquired by women in Spain almost 30 year ago. Cartoon by Gianfranco Uber (Italy).
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In Rules for Translators, Sampsonia Way presents five selections from a series by Arabic Literature, featuring celebrated and award-winning literary translators about their “rules” for translation. First in our feature is Pierre Joris, a poet, translator, and author of the blog Nomadics.
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There are far too many countries where news and content providers constantly face a very special and formidable form of censorship, one exercised in the name of religion or even God. In a recent report, Reporters Without Borders analyzed the key hotspots and offered its recommendations.
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“The genuine democracy package for Turkey.” A cartoon by Menekse Cam (Turkey).
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“These past few years I’ve been driven into exile, hunted down and attacked from all sides.” The veteran Chinese journalist and former Southern Weekly commentator Xiao Shu, an important figure in the New Citizens Movement, speaks out on being silenced from China’s internet.
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‘I believe I can fly!’ cartoon by Nayer Talal (Ethiopia). Mikhail Kalashnikov, inventor of the AK-47, dies at 94.
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