Join us for a rare Virtual Book Talk with Jonathan Smolin, translator of I Do Not Sleep by Ihsan Abdel Kouddous, (Hoopoe Fiction, 2021); Marcia Lynx Qualey, Arabic Literature: In Translation editor, blogger, translator, and literary critic; and Sharif Abdel Kouddous, independent journalist and grandson of Ihsan Abdel Kouddous. They will be talking about I Do Not Sleep, the controversial 1950s novel, now available in English for the first time.

The event, sponsored by AUC Press, will be held on Zoom, and streamed live simultaneously on the AUC Press Facebook page.

To read more about the novel: https://hoopoefiction.com/book/i-do-not-sleep/

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