The Beirut39 project began in March of 2009, at the Abu Dhabi Book Fair, when organizers threw open the following call: They wanted the 39 best young writers from what’s dubiously known as “the Arab World.” Organizers, who had already selected the “Bogota39” in 2007, gave their criteria: Writers must be under 40, they must […]
M. Lynx Qualey
M. LYNX QUALEY lives in Cairo, Egypt. She writes about literature for various publications and blogs daily at ArabLit (arablit.wordpress.com).
Contributor Bios for Issue 3 Fall 2010
Issue 3 Fall 2010 JOY AL-SOFI currently teaches English in Hong Kong. She has worked in the high-tech industry and before that practiced law in both Oregon and Texas. Her work includes poetry, fiction and non-fiction and she has been published in the USA and Hong Kong. She has done theater reviews for community radio […]
MAYDAY Magazine: Issue 3 Fall 2010
FEATURED ARTIST Robert MacCready UNTITLED STATEMENT BY THE ARTIST notes on life and work TRANSLATIONS epigrams by Catullus, translated from the Latin by David Macey 1 : : 85 fiction by Ólafur Gunnarsson, translated from the Icelandic by Ólafur Gunnarsson and Steven Meyers THE THAW poetry by Jan Kochanowski and Adam Mickiewicz, translated from […]