Video: Maktoob’s translators in action
A video from our last hands-on workshop featuring some of Maktoob’s translators and staff. The workshop took place at Mishkenot Sha’ananim center in Jerusalem between 13-15.9.2022.
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פוסטים אחרונים בבלוג
Post-Translation: Between the Bi-National and Dialogic
Two recent books by Yehouda Shenhav provide a radical vision for the future of translation. A review by Ohad Zeltzer Zubida.
Banipal dedicates its latest edition to Iraqi Jewish Writers
Banipal’s 72 edition features some of the most prominent Arab-Jewish writers.
Video: Translation and ‘the Other’
Prof. Yehouda Shenhav-Shahrabani, chief editor of Maktoob, in conversation with Akin Ajayi, co-editor of Tel Aviv Review of Books.
Video: “Shared binational working practice”
Members of Maktoob speak at the Middle East Union festival about the publication “Amputated Tongue: Palestinian Prose in Hebrew” and about Maktoob’s binational and bilingual translation model.
“Amputated Tongue”: A unique treasure trove of stories
Why is the collection of Palestinian stories translated into Hebrew called “Amputated Tongue”? The Social TV features the anthology of Palestinian prose in Hebrew published by Maktoob.
Goodbye, Shimon Ballas: A Farewell to an Arab Jew
As an Iraqi Jew, Ballas never abandoned or stifled his native Arabic tongue..His commitment to Arabic and to Arab culture echoes in his literary body of work as he would reiterate time and time again. Prof. Yehouda Shenhav-Shahrabani writes about the late author Shimon Ballas.
Conversation Between Yuval Evri and Yehouda Shenhav-Shahrabani on Bi-National Team Translation
Conversation between Dr. Yuval Evri and Prof. Yehouda Shenhav-Shahrabani, Maktoob’s chief editor, on bi-national translation, published at ReOrient magazine (Autumn 2020).
Language Out of Place: Orientalism, Intelligence and Arabic in Israel
The new book of Dr.Yonatan Mendel, Maktoob’s deputy editor, traces the development of the teaching of Arabic in Israel over the past century and considers its underlying rationale.
With new translation, Samir Naqqash’s place in Israeli literature should finally be celebrated
“The extensive work of Samir Naqqash who rises now in the skies of Hebrew culture, deserves to be part of the Israeli canon.” Mati Shemoelof writes to “Mondoweiss” about the publication of Samir Naqqash’s novel in Hebrew.
How a group of translators is trying to reshape the conversation in Israel-Palestine
“It is a political model to decolonize the colonial relations between the languages… to serve as a model for shared sovereignty in Israel-Palestine in the Middle East, so as to be a model for politics itself.” Maktoob at Mondoweiss.
TRANSLATION AS A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD: COPYRIGHT, DIALOGUE, AND NORMALIZATION UNDER COLONIAL CONDITIONS
In this article, Dr. Huda Abu Much discusses the different approaches in the field of translation from Arabic to Hebrew, and compares between the orientalist approach that was dominant in Israel and the more recent approaches, in particular the one that was developed at Maktoob.
“looking at Arabic and Hebrew as two languages on the same shelf”
“The Nation” Magazine features the Mizrahi petition against the Nation State Law that aims to lower the status of Arabic language in Israel. Among the interviewees- Prof. Yehouda Shenhav-Shahrabani, Maktoob’s chief editor, and Dr. Yoni Mendel, the deputy editor.
The Gate to the Body
The size of her breasts and their roundness. Her father claims they have reached the size that attracts the looks of the truck drivers passing in the morning on the road running next to the village, while her mother says they are hardly noticable behind her bra.
A short story by Palestinian female writer Sheikha Hlewa.
Arab Jewish Translational Models in Fin de Siècle Palestine
Against the backdrop of the intensifying national conflict between Jews and Arabs, a multilingual translation project emerged in Palestine at the turn of the twentieth century. An article by Dr. Yuval Evri.
Ice Cream in the Car
A short story by Tamara Naser translated from Arabic.
Dialogue with Elias Khoury on Literature and Translation
Raef Zreik, Amnon Raz-Krakotzkin and Yehouda Shenhav-Shahrabani met in cold, snowy Vienna for a dialogue with Elias Khoury, the renowned Lebanese writer, professor of literature, editor, and essayist. Read the complete dialogue here.
Nakba’s Second Generation Illuminates Dark Corners for Holocaust’s Second Generation
As the daughter of Holocaust survivors, the book illuminated for me some of the images of death that my family members ,carried with them from the Nazi camps. Comments on the novel “Children of the Ghetto – My Name is Adam,” by Elias Khoury.
Between the Trauma of the Holocaust and the Trauma of Nakba
“Elias Khoury’s ‘Children of the Ghetto’ adds a new layer to the Israeli-Palestinian story”, Avraham Burg reviews Khoury’s latest novel translated and published in Hebrew by Maktoob Series.
Ars Poetica in the Halls of Justice
Questions on language and translation from Arabic to Hebrew following the trial of poet Dareen Tatour. A text by Yehouda Shenhav-Shahrabani.
