Stamp of the Ottoman Empire showing the sultan’s seal, 1901. Source: Wikipedia
THE SULTAN’S SEAL started life as The Arabophile, a repository of writing and photography by Youssef Rakha. I wanted to preserve the best of my work, keep a log of my achievements and map what I did across time. The site was briefly renamed The Antiarab in 2011, when I was exasperated by the Arab literary community and disillusioned with the Arab Spring. I have since been using it as an alternative, eclectic space for work with which I feel strong affinities alongside my own, the text illustrated with carefully sourced photographs from the world wide web. Since being named after my first novel, which itself proposes a kind of post-Muslim cartography of Cairo, THE SULTAN’S SEAL has seen remarkable contributions by true compeers from across the globe. It continues to cry out for essays, translations (from and to Arabic), book reviews, fiction, poetry and photography, which you can pitch me on this email (expecting no payment, I’m afraid).
أخذت مدونة ختم السلطان اسمها عن “كتابالطغرى“، أولى روايات وربما أهم كتب المحرر يوسف رخا. وقد تحولت منذ ٢٠١١ إلى فضاء مشترك للنصوص والصور يبحث عن شركاء من أنحاء العالم. تجمع المدونة بين الشعر والقصة والمقال والرواية والترجماتالأدبية، كما تولي الصورة خاصة الصورة الفوتوغرافية اهتماماً خاصاً. وكما ينظر كتاب الطغرى إلى القاهرة وهويتها الإسلامية باعتبارهما تعبيراً ثقافياً وجغرافياً عن الإنسانية المعاصرة متحررة من قيود الأيديولوجيا والولاء، فقد أصبحت المدونة قاهرة افتراضية متعددة الهويات ومزدوجة اللغة. يرحب الموقع بالمساهمات والمقترحات على هذا البريدالإلكتروني.
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