Rachida Madani sees herself as “a poet armed with words to bear witness and revolt against injustice, social inequality, women’s conditions in a patriarchal society, men’s superiority complex, despotism, and a lack of freedom of expression.” In this edition of The Writer’s Block, Rachida spoke about language, womanhood, and reinventing Scheherazade.
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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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