‘Maqam Kurd’: A Counterpoint of Fragmented Identities
By Mohammed Said Hjiouij Much like Kurdish music, which is dominated by the Bayat maqam—a blend of sorrow and joy—the first chapter of Maha Hassan’s latest novel, Maqam Kurd, is […]
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AGYA Salon with Maha Hassan − War, Writing, and Freedom
The new event series ‘AGYA Literary Salon’ hosts both established and emerging Arab and German authors to discuss their literary careers, visions, and latest works. The Salon especially aims to […]
Mirrors Across Cultures: Maha Hassan in Conversation with Addie Leak
“I have trouble dealing with direct realist texts. Even in my novel, Good Morning, War!, which is the closest thing I’ve written to fact or memoir, my mother, who passed away, narrates the day-to-day of the war in Aleppo from the grave.”
International Prize for Arabic Fiction Longlist Profiles: Maha Hassan
Maha Hassan is a Syrian-Kurdish journalist and two-time novelist who has been banned from publishing in Syria since 2000.
Longlist Announced for ‘Arabic Booker’ 2011
As predicted, this year’s International Prize for Arabic Fiction (“Arabic Booker”) longlist has more women than in previous years. This year’s longlist is nearly 50-50, with 7 women and 9 men.