“Politics, Popular Culture and the 2011 Egyptian Revolution,” according to the University of Warwick’s Nicola Pratt, “is an open access digital archive exploring the Egyptian revolution and its aftermath through the prism of popular culture.”
“Three must-read books, translated mostly or entirely from the Arabic, have appeared free online from publishers in recent weeks.”
“It’s not quite the same as a purely autobiographical text, but it’s almost more interesting for that. They’re more like mini-essays. I do think that the work, for that reason, can be read by people who aren’t interested in seventeenth-century Morocco.”
Applicants must be from or living in the Arab world.
“I am a writer of senses.”
Egyptian journalist and novelist Gamil Attia Ibrahim died today in Switzerland, where he lived.
Be sure to listen before the live Zoom discussion, open to the public today at 2 p.m. EST, 6 p.m. GMT.
Khidr’s heart was pounding as he stepped into the house. It was almost sunset, and his mom wasn’t usually this late. Was she on an emergency visit to the hospital to see his dad?
“Kanafani made me aware of the importance of being part of what is happening in your generation. You cannot be an outsider.”
