As the end of summer approaches and lazy days become few and far between, Jadaliyya's Culture Bouquet offers a combined selection of posts in preparation for fall.
Beeta Baghoolizadeh contributes a Visuals in 1500 entry on the nineteenth-century marriage contracts of Mashhadi Jews in Iran. Maymanah Farhat reviews the debut Kuwait pavilion at the 55th International Exhibition of the Venice Biennale. Elliott Colla resumes the Revolution Bookshelf series with a review of Ahmed Sabry Abul-Futuh's 2012 novel Sayyid al-Ahl's Blacklist.
Also included are new translations of an excerpt from a novel by Murtedha Gzar and short stories by Ibrahim Aslan and Hamdy El-Gazzar.
Elliott Colla's review of Blacklist by Ahmed Sabry Abul-Futuh
Yasmeen Hanoosh's translation of the Siege of Najaf from Al-Sayyid Asghar Akbar by Murtadha Gzar
Elisabeth Jaquette’s translation of Slice of Family News by Ibrahim Aslan
Nancy Linthicum’s translation of April Girl by Hamdy El-Gazzar
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