The Egyptian Assassin
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
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A Shimmering Red Fish Swims with Me
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
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The Hashish Waiter
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
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Huzama Habayeb’s ‘Velvet’—a Palestinian woman’s dreams in a refugee camp
In December 2017, the Palestinian author Huzama Habayeb was awarded the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature, for her powerful work Velvet, described by the judges as “a new kind of Palestinian novel.”…
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Hammour Ziada’s lyrical writing inspires award-winning film
Sudanese author Hammour Ziada’s short story Sleeping at the Foot of the Mountain was adapted by director Amjad Abu Alala for his film You Will Die at 20. Screened at the 76th Venice International Film…
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Muhammad Abdelnabi in French longlisted for Prix de la Littérature Arabe
The French edition of Muhammad Abdelnabi’s Egyptian novel In the Spider’s Room (Hoopoe), translated into French by Gilles Gauthier (Actes Sud), under the title La Chambre de l’Araignée, has just been…
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