I. Rida Mahmood's Blog, page 4
January 22, 2019
"Snow in Amman" on the Council on Foreign Relations
Winter Storm Reading
Snow- and Middle East–themed reading for this weekend's winter storm.
Blog Post by Steven A. Cook
January 22, 2016 5:00 pm (EST)
Orhan Pamuk’s 2002 novel, Snow, translated by Maureen Freely.
The literary compendium edited and translated by Ibtihal Mahmood and Alexander Haddad, Snow in Amman: An Anthology of Short Stories from Jordan.
And one for the kids: Deborah Da Costa’s Snow in Jerusalem, with illustrations by Cornelius Van Wright and Ying-Hwa Hu—a Madelyn and Mia Cook favorite.
https://www.cfr.org/blog/winter-storm...
Snow- and Middle East–themed reading for this weekend's winter storm.
Blog Post by Steven A. Cook
January 22, 2016 5:00 pm (EST)
Orhan Pamuk’s 2002 novel, Snow, translated by Maureen Freely.
The literary compendium edited and translated by Ibtihal Mahmood and Alexander Haddad, Snow in Amman: An Anthology of Short Stories from Jordan.
And one for the kids: Deborah Da Costa’s Snow in Jerusalem, with illustrations by Cornelius Van Wright and Ying-Hwa Hu—a Madelyn and Mia Cook favorite.
https://www.cfr.org/blog/winter-storm...
December 20, 2018
Ibtihal Mahmood: Syrian Intellectual Yassin al-Haj Saleh’s First English Translator
Ibtihal Mahmood, a spring 2018 graduate of the Middle East Studies MA program, recently translated into English The Impossible Revolution: Making Sense of the Syrian Tragedy by Yassin al-Haj Saleh (Hurst, 2017). This is the first book by Saleh to appear in English, who is widely regarded as Syria’s foremost thinker and the intellectual guru of the Syrian uprising. This important work has been reviewed by the New York Journal of Books and The Times Literary Supplement. In the interview below, Ibtihal Mahmood discusses the process of translating Saleh’s writing from Arabic to English and its impact on her.
To read the full interview, click on the following link:
https://jsis.washington.edu/mideast/n...
To read the full interview, click on the following link:
https://jsis.washington.edu/mideast/n...
June 25, 2018
RECOMMENDED READING: MOLLY CRABAPPLE ON THE SYRIAN WAR
by Molly Crabapple
The Impossible Revolution is a nuanced look at the Syrian struggle from one of Syria’s foremost leftist thinkers. Yassin al-Haj Saleh was imprisoned for 16 years as a political dissident, and now spends his days in exile in Turkey, advocating on behalf of Syria. This, his first book in English, offers critiques and analysis on the country’s destruction and an insider’s view on how the Syrian war has affected the Syrian people and the rest of the world.
Read the full article here:
https://pen.org/recommended-reading-m...
The Impossible Revolution is a nuanced look at the Syrian struggle from one of Syria’s foremost leftist thinkers. Yassin al-Haj Saleh was imprisoned for 16 years as a political dissident, and now spends his days in exile in Turkey, advocating on behalf of Syria. This, his first book in English, offers critiques and analysis on the country’s destruction and an insider’s view on how the Syrian war has affected the Syrian people and the rest of the world.
Read the full article here:
https://pen.org/recommended-reading-m...
February 21, 2018
Amjad Nasser’s ‘Here is the Rose’: ‘We Can No Longer Tell Tragedy from Farce
By Ibtihal Mahmood
How can revolutionaries score victories in a world that presents them with nightmarish conditions, tattered traditions, and overused metaphors? In his second novel, Here is the Rose, acclaimed Jordanian poet and novelist Amjad Nasser probes deep into the tensions between the old and the new; the classic and the modern; tradition and innovation.
Read the full review by following the link:
https://arablit.org/2018/02/22/amjad-...
هنا الوردة
How can revolutionaries score victories in a world that presents them with nightmarish conditions, tattered traditions, and overused metaphors? In his second novel, Here is the Rose, acclaimed Jordanian poet and novelist Amjad Nasser probes deep into the tensions between the old and the new; the classic and the modern; tradition and innovation.
Read the full review by following the link:
https://arablit.org/2018/02/22/amjad-...
هنا الوردة
January 17, 2018
Three Poems by Riyad al-Saleh al-Hussein: ‘Simple Like Water, Clear Like a Bullet’
Decades after the death of Syrian poet Riyad al-Saleh al-Hussein, his words remain alive among readers:
By Ibtihal Mahmood
Thirty-five years after his death, at the age of 28, Riyad al-Saleh al-Hussein’s poems remain bold, invincible, and “simple like water, clear like a bullet” — with a breathtaking prophetic trait immersed in blue.
Read the full article at:
https://arablit.org/2018/01/18/three-...
By Ibtihal Mahmood
Thirty-five years after his death, at the age of 28, Riyad al-Saleh al-Hussein’s poems remain bold, invincible, and “simple like water, clear like a bullet” — with a breathtaking prophetic trait immersed in blue.
Read the full article at:
https://arablit.org/2018/01/18/three-...
November 30, 2017
The Best Human Rights Books of 2017
The Impossible Revolution: Making Sense of the Syrian Tragedy, Yassin al-Haj Saleh, translated by Ibtihal Mahmood (Hurst / Haymarket)
One of the few books about Syria to appear in English written by a Syrian who directly experienced the revolution and war, and much else before that.
Read the full article at:
https://medium.com/@KongTsungGan/the-...
One of the few books about Syria to appear in English written by a Syrian who directly experienced the revolution and war, and much else before that.
Read the full article at:
https://medium.com/@KongTsungGan/the-...
November 29, 2017
Book Review: The Impossible Revolution by Yassin al Haj Saleh
Saleh’s book stands apart in providing readers with an analysis of Syria that helps to clarify some of the paradoxes other writers have ignored. Through lucid writing, Saleh lays out the structure of authoritarianism in Syria and how it has affected Syrian society. The Impossible Revolution: Making Sense of the Syrian Tragedy
Read the full article at:
https://muftah.org/book-review-the-im...
Read the full article at:
https://muftah.org/book-review-the-im...
Bloomberg's Must-Reads of 2017
Yassin al-Haj Saleh, "The Impossible Revolution: Making Sense of the Syrian Tragedy." A leading Syrian intellectual gives a subjective but insightful account of how totalitarianism has destroyed civil society and wrecked Syria.
Read the full article at:
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articl...
Read the full article at:
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articl...
