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.
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“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.
Ice Cream in the Car
A short story by Tamara Naser translated from Arabic.
“The book’s very existence is a minor miracle”
Haaretz Newspaper covers the publication of “Amputated Tongue”, “the first anthology of its kind of Palestinian prose in Hebrew translation”.
No! A short story by Sama Hasan
If only she could find that word in her vocabulary. If only that word would cross the threshold of her mind and heart and make its long way from the depth of her bowels to her lips.
A short story by the Gazan female writer Sama Hasan.
“Translation project offers Israelis look into Palestinian literature”
Al-Monitor about Maktoob: “Its goal was to give a voice to Palestinian Arabic society in the hostile climate created by Israel’s right-wing regime that views Arabic as an enemy language”.