Mekkawi Said’s Latest Book: More Stories from Downtown
In Al Masry Al Youm, Amany Aly Shawky reviews Mekkawi Said’s latest: مقتنيات وسط البلد , or Downtown Collectibles.
Reviews
Summer Challenge Review: For Bread Alone, Mohamed Choukri
Summer reading challenge participant Winston’s Dad (at least that’s the name of his blog, although his first name seems to be Stu) has posted a review of Mohamed Choukri’s For […]
One-Minute Review: Hoda Barakat’s /Tiller of Waters/
Because I resist this idea of “summer reading,” I thought I’d choose a summer reading challenge book that is quiet, thoughtful, and cannot easily be taken to the beach (where one reads with an eye to make sure the youngest doesn’t drown) or on a plane (where one reads with an eye toward the person sneezing beside her).
Palestinian-American Poet Nathalie Handal Wins Honorable Mention at San Francisco Book Festival
Palestinian-French-American poet Nathalie Handal‘s latest collection, Love and Strange Horses, won an honorable mention at the recent San Francisco Book Festival. You can read a review of Love and Strange […]
Review of Hassan Blasim’s /Madman of Freedom Square/
Hassan Blasim’s debut short story collection, The Madman of Freedom Square, directs the reader’s gaze toward the violence of recent Iraqi experience: neighbors turning in neighbors, street cleaners collecting body […]
Reviews of Arabic Novels Not (Yet) in English
Hayawanat Ayyamna (Animals in Our Days), Mohamed Al Makhzangi, 2007. I believe this is the only book on the list of not-yets that has secured an English-language publisher—American University in […]
15-Second Reviews: /Fizo Y3ref…Y3ref/ and /Hal Lil Kangaroo Aydan Um/?
At some point, I may need to spin off the Arabic children’s book discussion. (Do you think my two-year-old could maintain his own blog?) But for the moment, the discussion […]
One-Minute Review: Wolves of the Crescent Moon
Wolves of the Crescent Moon. By Yousef Al-Mohaimeed, trans. Anthony Calderbank. AUC Press: Cairo, 2007. 124 pages. An opinion piece by Mahmoud Habboush in The National this week asserts that […]
The (Arabic) Children’s Book Dilemma
Yesterday, I got a very well-timed email from blogger Elias Muhanna. Lately, I’ve been trying to get together an Arabic story time or Arabic toddler book group for my two-year-old. […]