Here Is A Body
In this follow-up to her PEN Award-winning novel, The Queue, an electrifying new voice in Arab women’s fiction passionately brings to life the machinations of state oppression Mysterious men are round … continued
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The Lady of Zamalek
It was in the spring of 1927 that Cairo’s attention was captured by the shocking murder of prominent businessman Solomon Cicurel in his Nile-side villa in the upscale Zamalek district. It was a burgla … continued
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The Critical Case of a Man Called K
After reading Kafka, K decides to write his own diary, but he is constantly frustrated by his lack of experiences: he is worn down by the drudgery of his corporate job for a faceless corporation and b … continued
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Rana Haddad speaks to France 24 on 10th anniversary of civil war in Syria
On March 30, Rana Haddad, author of The Unexpected Love Objects of Dunya Noor (Hoopoe) was invited on the French international news television network France 24, on the show “Middle East Matters,” to…
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Rana Haddad’s take on love and revolution
Earlier this month, Syrian novelist Rana Haddad, author of The Unexpected Love Objects of Dunya Noor (Hoopoe, 2018), had a lively and delightful Zoom conversation with Dr Itzea Goikolea-Amiano of SOAS…
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Kay Heikkinen wins Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation for ‘Velvet’
The 2020 Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation is awarded to Kay Heikkinen for her translation of the novel Velvet by Huzama Habayeb, published by Hoopoe (2019). Following the sho…
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