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Samir Amin, the Franco-Egyptian world-renowned political economist and global intellectual, passed away at age 87 in Paris on August 12, 2018. He grew up primarily in Egypt but was educated [...]

Edward Said's life's work illustrated the very argument for individual agency that became a theoretical focus for him beginning with his classic 1978 study, Orientalism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

"The Worlding of Arabic Literature: Language, Affect, and the Ethics of Translatability" by Anna Ziajka Stanton is a scholarly study that offers a unique approach to the questions surrounding Arabic literature and translation. Stanton examines various Arabic-to-English literary translations, including works such as the 1,001 Nights and contemporary novels from Lebanon and Iraq. The book explores the role of sound, affect, and bodies in translation, challenging the notion of untranslatability and highlighting the aesthetic dimensions of Arabic literature. Stanton's study contributes to the growing discussion on literary translation and Arabic, emphasizing the importance of considering the aesthetics of literary texts and translation practice. [Extracted from the article]

In Barbara Harlow's last works, there was a distinctive methodological shift as she confronted the new realities of the post-9/11 world. The implications of this methodological movement are explored in this article through a reading of the history of the Yemeni city of Aden. Aden's history – as a protectorate, an Arabic-speaking port, a virtual city-state and a link to East Africa – suggests the ways in which historical particularity often fits the colonial discourse paradigm imperfectly. Aden also later became a centre of radical anti-colonial solidarity in the 1970s, a centre of extreme jihadi activity during the war on terror and, most recently, a site of catastrophe manufactured by global elites. This historical trajectory also calls for a critical accounting of new methods and approaches for addressing the inequalities of the contemporary global order. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]