{"id":10396,"date":"2025-02-18T15:50:36","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T15:50:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artscouncilmalta.gov.mt\/?post_type=funded_project&#038;p=10396"},"modified":"2025-02-19T08:24:34","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T08:24:34","slug":"l-ezodu-tac-cikonji","status":"publish","type":"funded_project","link":"https:\/\/artscouncilmalta.gov.mt\/en\/funded-project\/l-ezodu-tac-cikonji\/","title":{"rendered":"L-E\u017codu ta\u010b-\u010aikonji"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Cultural Export Fund\u2019s Translation Grant this year is funding the translation of the original novel in Maltese&nbsp;<em>L-E\u017codu ta\u010b-\u010aikonji<\/em>&nbsp;by Walid Nabhan into English, to be used also as a bridge-language for translation into other languages, on the initiative of Midsea Books Ltd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>L-E\u017codu ta\u010b-\u010aikonji<\/em>&nbsp;is an intense story with a very compelling narrative, having those ingredients that should appeal to an international audience. The plot is well-written, intense, complex and moving. It revolves round the theme of migration, Palestine and the Palestinians and the eternal struggle in the Arab world. Furthermore, the story presents a rare insight into the Palestinian plight from within, with all the difficulties and innuendos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Walid Nabhan is&nbsp; a relatively new face in Maltese literature. Nevertheless, in a very short time, he has established himself among some of the best authors in Maltese. Furthermore, he is also the first non-Maltese writing in Maltese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This award-winning novel gives a very rare glimpse of the \u2018real\u2019 Palestinians. Their thoughts, their behaviour, their dialogue are a result of what the author has experienced and not what he has observed. It is the fruit of the heart and not that of the imagination. This is what makes this work unique in its genre. Interest may be generated with publishers who can see the potential of this story in the light of international political development of the topic which some political analysts now describe as a &#8220;human tragedy.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/artscouncilmaltagovmt.skipdns.link\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1466431869.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On the evening of Wednesday 18th May, during the \u201cWords on the Street \u2013 European Literature Night\u201d event, which gave the public the opportunity to sample contemporary European writing, Irish singer, song writer and actor Steve Wall, read a sample of the book&nbsp;<em>L-E\u017codu ta\u010b-\u010aikonji<\/em>&nbsp;by Walid Nabhan at Temple Bar in Dublin.&nbsp;The readings were very well received, and the audience also asked whether an English version of the whole&nbsp;book was available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to the Cultural Export Fund\u2019s Translation Grant this will now be possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The translation of the original novel in Maltese &#8216;L-E\u017codu ta\u010b-\u010aikonji&#8217; by Walid Nabhan into English<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":10402,"template":"","funded_project_category":[39],"class_list":["post-10396","funded_project","type-funded_project","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","funded_project_category-international"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artscouncilmalta.gov.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/funded_project\/10396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artscouncilmalta.gov.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/funded_project"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artscouncilmalta.gov.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/funded_project"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/artscouncilmalta.gov.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/funded_project\/10396\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10404,"href":"https:\/\/artscouncilmalta.gov.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/funded_project\/10396\/revisions\/10404"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artscouncilmalta.gov.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artscouncilmalta.gov.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"funded_project_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artscouncilmalta.gov.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/funded_project_category?post=10396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}