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Will the Real Youssef Ziedan Please Come Forward?

Over at Al Masry Al Youm, Omar Cheta has an interesting piece about the perceptions and misperceptions of academic and author (and “Arabic Booker” winner) Youssef Ziedan. And this isn’t entirely the public’s fault, Cheta argues. Ziedan has not worked hard enough to make his views on religion clear: inContinue Reading

Christian and Muslim Lawyers Join Hands in Seeking to Ban Books

Now isn’t that a touching image? A recent hesba case against Yousef Ziedan’s “Arabic Booker”-winning Azazeel apparently has brought together book banners from both Christian and Muslim camps. According to the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) , “Christian lawyers have joined the neo actio popularis team in EgyptContinue Reading

An Excerpt from Faleeha Hassan’s ‘War And Me’
“From the events I recount in this memoir, you will understand that next to my name in the Unknown World or beside it at the moment I was born, the only comment inscribed must have been: ‘Faleeha Hassan will coexist with war for most of the years of her life.'”
Sudanese Writer Reem Gaafar Makes 2023 Island Prize Longlist
Organizers have announced the longlist for the 2023 Island Prize for a Debut Novel from Africa.
Rewriting National History from a Personal Perspective: Hiyem Cheurfa on Arab Women’s Life Writing
This March, Hiyem Cheurfa’s new book Contemporary Arab Women’s Life Writing and the Politics of Resistance appeared as part of Edinburgh Studies in Modern Arabic Literature series. In it, Cheurfa takes us on a journey through a number of women’s memoirs, written in the context of twenty-first century uprisings. In this conversation, the author talks about the challenges and the difficulties of writing this book and how the texts she studied changed her life.
Lit & Found: ‘Sudanese Novels Through Time’
Over at Kotobli, they have posted a new list; this time, of Sudanese novels through time. The list was curated by Sudanese-American writer Razan Idris.