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Global Literary Theory @balaghas.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

When the Occupation Fears a Kite Lujayn Maghari’s dispatch from Gaza The latest from The Lighthouse Collective medium.com/global-liter...

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When the Occupation Fears a Kite

Lujayn Maghari’s dispatch from Gaza

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Global Literary Theory @balaghas.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

We are honored that Global Literary Theory writer and translator Munira El Najar features alongside Assata Shakur as the author of an epigraph for Susila Gurusami's new @uchicagopress.bsky.social book Break the System: Criminalized Black Mothers and the Reproductive Politics of Abolition

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Rebecca Ruth Gould @rrgould.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

I'm excited to contribute to "A Grand Tour: Travels in the South Caucasus," a class convened by the University of Chicago's Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures & the American Research Institute of the South Caucasus A great line up of sessions & teachers! www.eventbrite.com/e/a-grand-to...

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A Grand Tour: Travels in the South Caucasus (Joint ISAC–ARISC class)

Learn about travel and culture in the South Caucasus!

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Global Literary Theory @balaghas.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Anna Learn, Burning Tongues: Reading female Afghan poets in English translation medium.com/global-liter...

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Burning Tongues

Reading female Afghan poets in English translation

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Global Literary Theory @balaghas.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Anna Learn, Burning Tongues: Reading female Afghan poets in English translation medium.com/global-liter...

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Burning Tongues

Reading female Afghan poets in English translation

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Global Literary Theory @balaghas.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

We're proud to publish Anna Learn's excellent and in-depth review of a new anthology of Afghan women poems: Hair on Fire: Afghan Women Poets, published by @twolinespress.com

reads "At the end of 2005, when she was 25 years old, Anjuman was murdered by her husband."

title "Burning Tongues
Reading female Afghan poets in English translation"

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World Literature Today @worldlittoday.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

“The streets are growing empty of human trappings, life’s color. One after another, we pull back. . . .” From “I Am My Own ID,” by Mariam Meetra (trans. Sabrina Nouri & Samantha Cosentino) worldliteraturetoday.org/2026/march/i...

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Translation Attached @tra-attached.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

📢Translation Attached is delighted to announce the publication of Captives: A Play and the Collected Poems by Sabahattin Ali. The book brings together Ali’s only known play with a wide selection of his poetry. Available worldwide on Amazon: amzn.to/4d22V7a #sabahattinali

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Rebecca Ruth Gould @rrgould.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Literature is for Europeans. History is for Everyone Else. Comparative Literature has a geography problem medium.com/global-liter...

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Literature is for Europeans. History is for Everyone Else.

Comparative Literature has a geography problem

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south·lits @southlits.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

We're a new network of and for people interested in Global South literatures. Follow us and stay tuned for future events and opportunities starting this summer!

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Rebecca Ruth Gould @rrgould.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

My talk on translating Palestine at The University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez, where Palestine 🇵🇸 solidarity is alive and well. Great questions from an engaged audience! One of the few places in the US where a conversation like this is a possible in an institutional setting youtu.be/Gs1Gk0s51ys

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Translation in a Time of Genocide. Lecture on Gaza and The Lighthouse Collective at UPR Mayagüez.

YouTube video by Poetry & Protest (Rebecca Ruth Gould)

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Nick McGeehan @ncgeehan.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Gaza—the stadium of the soul by Bassim Helmi Hijazi (twenty years old) In "From Dust We Rise: New Poetry from Palestine", a collection of Palestinian poetry from @rrgould.bsky.social www.theparisreview.org/blog/2026/01...

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Global Literary Theory @balaghas.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Writing to Stay Alive Inside Egypt’s Prisons Prison writings from Post-Revolutionary Egypt a review of Imprisoning a Revolution (2025) by Collective Antigone, published by @ucpress.bsky.social medium.com/global-liter...

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Writing to Stay Alive Inside Egypt’s Prisons

Prison writings from Post-Revolutionary Egypt

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Global Literary Theory @balaghas.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

When Arab-American Fiction First Wrote Love Across Cultures: Amin Rihani’s Juhan in Arabic and Russian Translation medium.com/global-liter...

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When Arab-American Fiction First Wrote Love Across Cultures

Rihani’s Juhan in Arabic and Russian Translation

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The Markaz Review مجلة المركز @markaz-review.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

From Beirut to Gaza, revolution to memory, The Markaz Review has spent the last 5 years publishing SWANA writers and artists. We believe that freedom of expression is a fundamental right. 📖 Get your copy now: bit.ly/the-best-of-... #TheMarkazReview #TMR5Years #PrintEdition #NewBook

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Global Literary Theory @balaghas.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

An Intimate History of Violence: Beirut Under Siege in the stories of Palestinian writer Nejmeh Khalil Habib @interlinkbooks.bsky.social rgould.substack.com/p/an-intimat...

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Yale Classics Library @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

3 Dec. 2025 4pm GMT New Voices & Perspectives in Epigraphy: A Workshop on Editing Unpublished Inscriptions and Widening Participation in Scholarship. Online @ics.bsky.social ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/... @palaeofuturist.bsky.social

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New Voices & Perspectives in Epigraphy: A Workshop on Editing Unpublished Inscriptions and Widening Participation in Scholarship.

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World Literature Today @worldlittoday.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

“This, Ngũgĩ’s posthumous publication, serves as a persistent exploration of his uncompromising perspectives on language and its significance in society.” – Dike Okoro worldliteraturetoday.org/2025/novembe...

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Nazaret Ranea @nazaretranea.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Thanks to @poetrylondon.bsky.social for publishing my poem En la Meseta / On the Tableland in their Autumn Issue. It’s always such a treat to see the two versions appear side by side, letting readers experience the poem in both Spanish and English 💛💚

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(israa') إسراء (they/them) @essssraaa.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

a year ago, a group of us got together to envision what a pple focus Sudanese paper would look like. today that vision is released into the world. introducing The Free Sudan Gazette- an independent, open-source platform documenting Sudan’s struggle for liberation: www.freesudangazette.com

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Free Sudan Gazette

Free Sudan Gazette is an independent, open-source digital media platform providing news, research, investigations, and documentation of political, social, and cultural events about Sudanese people …

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Global Literary Theory @balaghas.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Hope is the Pencil a Child Grips: Dispatches from Lujayn in Gaza medium.com/global-liter...

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Hope is the Pencil a Child Grips

Dispatches from Lujayn in Gaza

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Global Literary Theory @balaghas.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Kayvan Tahmasebian and Rebecca Ruth Gould on Iranian writer & lexicographer Ali Akbar Dehkhoda medium.com/global-liter...

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How a Lexicographer Changed Iranian Politics

Introducing a collection of revolutionary satire from Iran

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Global Literary Theory @balaghas.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

We're speaking for Medium Day about Empowering Palestinian Voices Through Mentorship (1:30 GMT/ 8:30AM ET). Join us by registering here: events.zoom.us/ev/Av7REBItl...

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Global Literary Theory @balaghas.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Alaa Albana, one of our participants, has shared a short poem honoring the martyred Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif medium.com/global-liter...

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Tribute to Anas Al-Sharif

Honouring the martyred voice of Gaza, who fearlessly exposed injustice and carried the truth to the world.

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Global Literary Theory @balaghas.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Honored to have poet Alice Oswald among our mentors!

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Rebecca Ruth Gould @rrgould.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Honored to publish Gaza-based teacher and translator Munira el Najar's @muniraelnajar.bsky.social 's reflections on being a mother in a time on genocide. Please read her work and support and share her campaign (her family depends on it): www.gofundme.com/f/renewing-h... medium.com/global-liter...

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May My Children Never Sleep Hungry

Testimonies from a Mother in Gaza

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Global Literary Theory @balaghas.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Thank you @soaspress.bsky.social for featuring our latest mentor report! Read it here: medium.com/global-liter...

Funded by the SOAS Impact and Knowledge Exchange Fund, the Palestinian Writers’ Workshop provides online workshops to young writers in Palestine in collaboration with The Hands Up Project. In a blog on Medium, volunteer Rim Aoude reflects on the experience.

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Global Literary Theory @balaghas.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

News from our partners at The Hands up Project! We’re thrilled to announce the Palestine Writers’ Workshop: A Mentorship Exchange Programme, in partnership with @soasuni.bsky.social and the Global Literary Theory project @balaghas.bsky.social.

We’re thrilled to announce the Palestine Writers’ Workshop: A Mentorship Exchange Programme, in partnership with SOAS University of London and the Global Literary Theory project

12 gifted young Palestinian writers — from Gaza, the West Bank, and the displaced community in Egypt — are being mentored by leading poets and authors in the UK. Together, they’ll co-create a powerful new book that shares their stories, voices, and visions with the world. 🌍✍️🇵🇸

This initiative is more than just writing — it’s about mentorship, solidarity, and the transformative power of storytelling.

Stay tuned for updates and sneak peeks from this inspiring collaboration!

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Wasafiri Magazine @wasafirimag.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Just ONE MONTH LEFT to enter the 2025 Wasafiri Essay Prize! Open to early-career researchers (including PhD students) in the field of international contemporary literature (literature published since 1965 from anywhere in the world). ⏰ Deadline: 30 June 2025 buff.ly/oAGs0E3

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Global Literary Theory @balaghas.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Our co-edited @britishacademy.bsky.social volume, Arabic, Persian, and Turkic Poetics: Towards a Post-Eurocentric Literary Theory, is now available online. Order for your libraries or get in touch if you’d like to write a review! academic.oup.com/british-academy-sc…

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Invisible East @invisibleeast.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Back pain? Arrow wound? Read about medieval amulets in our Document of the Month by Sarah Kiyanrad of @lmumuenchen.bsky.social Check it out: bit.ly/versatileamulet #documents deciphered by the IE team from the @khalilicollections.org #medievalsky #digitalhumanities #skystorian #weekendreading

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Takhayyul Project @takhayyul.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Admittedly, we have been working quite hard for over four years. We thought you may want to see all of our publications piled up together www.takhayyulproject.com/publications @erc.europa.eu @ucl.ac.uk @thebartlettucl.bsky.social @sertacsehlikoglu.bsky.social @meznaqato.bsky.social

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Publications — TAKHAYYUL تخیل

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Global Literary Theory @balaghas.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Please read our latest : an extraordinary personal narrative “Famine, Fear and the Fight for Bread” by Palestinian writer Samah Zaqout, based in Gaza medium.com/global-literary-theory/f…

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Global Literary Theory @balaghas.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

We have reached 1000 followers! Thanks to all our readers and contributors! Reach out via DM if you have something to share on world literature and poetics (reprints / republished work is welcome).

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Global Literary Theory @balaghas.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Aysel K. Basci @basciaysel.bsky.social introduces and translates an excerpt from Sabahattin Ali's "A Turkish Tale of a Drowned Man" medium.com/global-liter...

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A Turkish Tale of a Drowned Man

Introducing Sabahattin Ali’s story “Hasan Drowned”

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Global Literary Theory @balaghas.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Our latest from activist translator Bokani Hart Who Has the Right to Translate? How human rights activism in the Democratic Republic of the Congo taught me to value translation medium.com/global-liter...

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Who Has the Right to Translate?

How human rights activism in the Democratic Republic of the Congo taught me to value translation

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Global Literary Theory @balaghas.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

We just published Calvin Stevens's insightful critique of Doris Lessing’s writing about Africa: "Anti-colonial but not Anti-racist: Doris Lessing’s The Grass is Singing and the problem of the white gaze in African literature" medium.com/global-liter...

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Anti-colonial but not Anti-racist

Doris Lessing’s “The Grass is Singing” and the problem of the white gaze in African literature

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Global Literary Theory @balaghas.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Important new study of Iranian poet Jahān-Malik Khātūn: Poetry, Life and Mediaeval Reception in the Encyclopaedia Iranica Foundation's collection on Women Poets poets.iranicaonline.org/article/5282...

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Jahān-Malik Khātūn: Poetry, Life and Mediaeval Reception

Her Life in Shiraz Jahān was an Injuid princess, and daughter of the ruler of Shiraz, Masʿūd Shāh...

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Global Literary Theory @balaghas.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Kayvan Tahmasebian’s review of Samuel Hodgkin's formidable book, Persianate Verse and the Poetics of Eastern Internationalism (2024) @cambridgeup.bsky.social. This is the first review of the book. medium.com/global-liter... also published here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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The Poetics of Eastern Internationalism

Reflections on the concept of the “Persianate”

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Global Literary Theory @balaghas.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Our team member Kayvan Tahmasebian’s newest article is out in open access from Philological Encounters: "From Explication to Order: The Persian Vernacularization of Arabic Rhetoric" brill.com/view/journal...

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This article explores the vernacularization of Arabic rhetorical embellishments by Persian rhetoricians, presenting it as an early instance of comparative literary theory emerging through translation. Focusing on the organizational figurative device laff-va-nashr (“wrapping up and rolling out”), I trace its adaptation from Arabic rhetorical sources into fourteenth-century Persian rhetorical manuals.

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