The more expensive a wedding is the more likely you are to get divorced
but number of wedding attendees is associated with lower divorce rates
cheap wedding, lots of people
At Qantara.de Claudia Mende has a Q & A with Said Khatibi, in Big Brother is watching you.
Sadly, he reports:
For Arabic literature, Algeria is simply a wasteland. Hardly any bookshops offer literature in Arabic. People still tend to read more in French -- we really have to fight for Arabic.Interesting also his comments:
Why are there no crime novels in the Arab world ? I must say I ask myself the same question; it's also something my friends keep asking me. The only answer I can think of is: the crime novel is synonymous with freedom.
For a crime novel, you need the greatest possible freedom as an author – something we don't have in the Arab world. Even where there is no state censorship, we are used to censoring ourselves.
Naveen Kishore and Seagull | Julian Barnes profile
Naveen Kishore and Seagull
At Scroll.in the latest in their 'The Publishing Life'-series has the Seagulls Books founder and publisher in Naveen Kishore: What the ‘idea of culture’ means to a publisher.
Meanwhile, at The Wire Sohini C. reports on Pushan Kripalani's documentary film, 'Of the Book and Other Stories', in A Beloved Publishing House and a Business Model of Impulsive Ethics(Posted by: M.A.Orthofer) - permanent link -
Julian Barnes profile
At The Guardian Lisa Allardice profiles the author, in ‘I didn’t think it was possible to be a novelist’: Julian Barnes on literature, loss – and his late friend Martin Amis.
