{"id":14373,"date":"2020-08-18T16:43:28","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T13:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maktoobooks.com\/?p=14373"},"modified":"2020-08-18T16:43:28","modified_gmt":"2020-08-18T13:43:28","slug":"new-translation-samir-naqqashs-place-israeli-literature-finally-celebrated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maktoobooks.com\/en\/new-translation-samir-naqqashs-place-israeli-literature-finally-celebrated\/","title":{"rendered":"With new translation, Samir Naqqash\u2019s place in Israeli literature should finally be celebrated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The recent Hebrew publication of Samir Naqqash\u2019s novel <a href=\"http:\/\/maktoobooks.com\/en\/book\/\u05e9\u05dc\u05de\u05d4-\u05d4\u05db\u05d5\u05e8\u05d3\u05d9-\u05d5\u05d0\u05e0\u05d9-\u05d5\u05d4\u05d6\u05de\u05df-\u05e1\u05de\u05d9\u05e8-\u05e0\u05e7\u05d0\u05e9\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cShlomo the Kurd, Me and the Time,\u201d<\/a> which was originally written in Arabic, is an equally sad and happy moment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Naqqash is perhaps the most prolific modern Iraqi-Jewish writer, yet his work was ignored for decades by the Israeli academy, as is the case with most esteemed Jewish-Arab writers. The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute and the Maktoob project are <a href=\"https:\/\/mondoweiss.net\/2020\/08\/shared-sovereignty-how-a-group-of-translators-is-trying-to-reshape-the-conversation-in-israel-palestine\/\">reversing the neglect<\/a> with the only initiative to translate Arabic classics into Hebrew.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Read the whole article at &#8220;Mondoweiss&#8221; website, <a href=\"https:\/\/mondoweiss.net\/2020\/08\/with-new-translation-samir-naqqashs-place-in-israeli-literature-should-finally-be-celebrated\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Here<\/a>.<\/p>\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The extensive work of Samir Naqqash who rises now in the skies of Hebrew culture, deserves to be part of the Israeli canon.&#8221; Mati Shemoelof writes to &#8220;Mondoweiss&#8221; about the publication of Samir Naqqash&#8217;s novel in Hebrew. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18714,"featured_media":14047,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6167],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>With new translation, Samir Naqqash\u2019s place in Israeli literature should finally be celebrated &#8226; 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