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Luqman Derky

Luqman Derky: ‘Knocking on Freedom’s Door’

October 27, 2021

“Do the players belong to the police force or the thieves?” one of our failed players asked. “The thieves, you moron,” our always-angry coach said.

From ArabLit Quarterly Adania Shibli, Alexander E. Elinson, Ameer Hamad, Anam Zafar, ArabLit Quarterly, Becki Maddock, Daniel Behar, Farid Abdel Azim, Hajar Mahfoodh, Hatem Alzahrani, Hicham Rafik, Huda al-Daghfaq, Iraqi Shalash, Khadidja Bouchellia, Khaled Ahmed Youssef, Lameen Souag, Leonie Rau, Luqman Derky, Mahmoud Mostafa, Mina Ibrahim, Moneera Al-Ghadeer, Muhammad El-Hajj, Najwa Bin Shatwan, Nariman Youssef, Omar Ibrahim, Yasmeen Hanoosh, Yasmine Zohdi, Yassin Adnan, Zeena Faulk

On Poets and Stadiums: Announcing the Fall 2021 FOOTBALL-themed Issue of ArabLit Quarterly

September 16, 2021

“When Naguib Mahfouz was a boy, he tells us, two paths lay before him. There was the path of the literature he loved to read and write. He could take that path and become a distinguished author. There was also the path of the football he loved to play and the footballers he admired. He could take that, it was said, and become a member of the Egyptian Olympic football team.”