Coming in September: Short Stories from Iraq & a Novel from Sudan
New books in translation by Jabbour Douaihy, Diaa Jubaili, and Hammour Ziada.
Hammour Ziada
Award-winning Film ‘You Will Die at Twenty,’ Based on Hammour Ziada Story
“A while ago, Sudanese film director Amjad Abu Alala, who is a friend of mine, approached me and told me that he wanted to adapt a story I wrote years ago into a film. It was about a Sudanese boy, born in a simple Sudanese village, and a prophecy that foresees his death when he turns 20.”
UK Refuses Visa for Banipal Visiting Writer Fellow Hammour Ziada
“How can it continue if such an award-winning and successful Arab author is refused a visa? We will challenge this denial and discrimination with all our might. We are presently considering our next steps, as well as the possibility of bringing in a substitute Fellow for 2019.”
Hammour Ziada 2019 Banipal Visiting Writer Fellow
St. Alban’s College and Banipal magazine have announced that Sudanese author Hammour Ziada has won the 2019 Banipal Visiting Writer Fellowship.