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A Shimmering Red Fish Swims with Me

Youssef Fadel

In 1980s Casablanca, Farah arrives from her small town life with big dreams: she wants to sing. She meets Outhman, but he longs to leave the city, to seek his fortune elsewhere. They fall in love, but … continued

The Egyptian Assassin

Ezzedine C. Fishere

A lifetime ago, Fakhreddin had been an idealistic young lawyer, seeking to fight corruption from his modest quarter of Cairo. Then, a botched attempt on his life forced him to flee the country, propel … continued

The Hashish Waiter

Khairy Shalaby

Tucked away in a rundown quarter, just out of sight of downtown Cairo, a group of intellectuals gather regularly to smoke hashish in Hakeem’s den. The den is the center of their lives, both a refuge a … continued

Rana Haddad

Donia Kamal

Maan Abu Taleb

Reading with… Ezzedine C. Fishere

Shelf Awareness, a widely-circulated ,US-based online newsletter about books, recently interviewed the Egyptian novelist Ezzedine C. Fishere, author of Embrace on Brooklyn Bridge, translated by John P…

Khaled Khalifa’s exile at home

In this powerful short film, Exiled at Home, Beirut-based Syrian filmmaker and journalist Lina Sinjab features the award-winning Syrian writer Khaled Khalifa, author of No Knives in the Kitchens of th…

Donia Kamal discusses her novel at AUC Common Reading Program

Donia Kamal, author of Cigarette Number Seven, translated by Nariman Youssef (Hoopoe, 2018) participated in a wonderful discussion in late September, addressing students and professors of the Common R…