This panel will feature a discussion with Egyptian writer Ahmed Naji about his time spent in a Cairene prison for violating public decency laws in his second novel, Using Life. Being a prisoner forced Ahmed to examine the role of literature in society; meet the fabled Average Reader and a man named Rhinoceros; and confront […]
Egyptian writer Ahmed Naji will be in conversation with Rasha Hilwi about his new book حرز مكمكم, just out from Dar Khan Aljanub.
"Narrating the Middle East" is an exciting virtual Arab literary festival taking place on Tuesday, May 17 and Wednesday May 18, 2022.
This panel aims to address the question of how resistance and trauma are conceived and practiced in prison literature in North Africa in the years leading to and following the Arab Uprisings of 2010-2011. Speakers: Yosra Amraoui holds a PhD in English Language, Literature and Civilization from the University of Manouba, Tunisia. She teaches at […]
