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Comics and Comix in Egypt: An Interview on Teaching With Arabic Literature

Posted on June 18, 2018

Essam Ata, victim of police torture, in a mural on the wall of the old AUC library, Mohamed Mahmoud Street. By Hossam el-Hamalawy, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr.

I can trace my interest in graphic literature directly to my experience at the Center for Arabic Study Abroad (CASA) in Cairo. During my 2011-2012 fellowship, I watched as the iconic graffiti in and around Tahrir Square came to life: the Mohammed Mahmoud Wall of Martyrs, the Sheikh Rehan Street optical illusion, the hydra-headed Mubarak-Tantawi-Morsi monster. . . My first and forever impressions of Cairo are in fact tied to the visual poetics that I saw emerging during that turbulent and artistically effervescent time.

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In the Magazine: Writing by Instinct

Posted on May 22, 2018

I finally got rid of my cat. I thought this would enable me to start a new life. So begins Can Xue's funny, disturbing story, "The Bane of My Existence,"* published this month in the 15th anniversary issue of Words without Borders. The issue's title, "Great Explorations," comes from an essay of Can Xue's, in which she comments:

WWB Honored for Efforts to Inspire Student Readers

Posted on May 10, 2018

We’re delighted to share the news that WWB Campus has received an honorable mention for the National Book Foundation’s Innovations in Reading Prize, an annual award for projects that create and sustain a lifelong love of reading.

In the Magazine: "Angry Young Woman" Sveta Grigorjeva

Posted on April 28, 2018

A line outside a cinema in Kharkov, the Ukraine, USSR, 1981. By Л.П. Джепко

Confronting the Past: Russian literature webinar now available on demand

Posted on April 21, 2018

Julia Trubkihina. By Vladimir Efroimson.

We are pleased to announce that last week's Russian literature webinar is now online!