Waguih Ghali’s Unpublished Papers Now Online
For all fans of Ghali and his brilliant Beer in the Snooker Club:
Cornell University’s Deborah Starr recently sent out a listserv message informing readers that Waguih Ghali’s unpublished papers, diaries (1964-1968), and manuscript fragments are now available at http://ghali.library.cornell.edu/.
I have mixed feelings about this: I can’t imagine Ghali, who committed suicide in 1969, would really like his unpublished papers, diaries, and manuscript fragments going online. On the other hand, I too am a Ghali groupie, and will surely succumb to reading this material.
More:
ArabLit: ‘Beer in the Snooker Club’: Egypt Then and Egypt Now
Tanjara: waguih ghali’s bbc talk on visit to israel post-1967 war
LRB: Ahdaf Soueif reviews ‘After a Funeral’ by Diana Athill, her book on Ghali
June 8, 2013 @ 1:38 pm
I’m currently reading the unabridged journals of Sylvia Plath, who also killed herself at 30, and i was thinking the same thing – would she have wanted all this raw material published?
But it’s amazing to get such an intimate insight into her life and thoughts, and I feel the same way about Ghali.
June 8, 2013 @ 3:53 pm
Yes, I’ve been having these discussions and Plath certainly came up. Hussein Omar also notes that in “After a Funeral,” Diana Athill noted that Ghali went into fits of rage when she peeked into his diary (understandably). And now the whole world can peek. I feel really strange about it.
June 8, 2013 @ 4:15 pm
Too true, I am Waguih’s cousin and was his close friend, D. Athill just took over all his papers and refused to hand them over to his family.
June 9, 2013 @ 12:14 am
Amazing!! thank you for posting this!
June 9, 2013 @ 2:14 am
thanks for the links!
June 9, 2013 @ 2:24 am
You’re so welcome.
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