Mahmoud Messadi – ARABLIT & ARABLIT QUARTERLY

Poetry Aboul-Qacem Echebbi, aghir Oulad Ahmed, Albert Memmi, Ali Znaidi, Amina Said, Aroussia Naluti, Aymen Mbarek, Besma Maroueni, Choukri al-Mabkhout, Fatma Ben Mahmoud, Habib Selmi, Hassan Nasr, Hassouna Mosbahi, Hédi Kaddour, Houcine El Oued, Houyem Ferchichi, Inas Abassi, Jonas Hassen Khemiri, Kamel Riahi, Leila Chatti, Mahmoud Messadi, Moncef Ouahibi, Muhammad Salih al-Jabri, Rachida el-Charni, Raja’ Ben Salamah, Reem Gomri, Salah al-Din Bujah, Shams Nadir, Taher Bekri, Z

Tunisian World Cup Team: 23 Writers

June 23, 2018

Again, remember, writers must be living to play, so sadly no Saghir Oulad Ahmed, Mahmoud Messadi, Muhammad Salih al-Jabri, Houcine El Oued, or Aboul-Qacem Echebbi.

Poetry Abdel Qader Ben Shaikh, Al-Bashir bin Salamah, Ali Dou'aji, Bashir Khreif, Faraj Al-Huwar, Hassan Nasrallah, Hassouna Mosbahi, Kamel Riahi, Laroussi al-Metoui, Mahmoud Messadi, Mahmoud Tarshouna, Mohammed Saleh al-Jaberi, Slaheddine Boujeh

What (or Who) Is Tunisian Literature?

October 10, 2010

When the latest issue of Banipal was released (39: Tunisian Literature), the MLA Division on Arabic Literature and Culture commented on Facebook:

New Banipal issue is devoted to Tunisian Literature–a nice gesture, but is that really it? Is that Tunisian literature? (Anyhow, let’s just say, it’s better than nothing)

Fiction Arab Writers Union, best Arabic books, Edwar al Kharrat, Emile Habibi, Ghada Samman, Ghassan Kanafani, Haidar Haidar, Jabra Ibrahim Jabra, Mahmoud Messadi, Naguib Mahfouz, Sonallah Ibrahim, Yusuf al-Qaid

The Best 100 Arabic Books (According to the Arab Writers Union): 1-10

April 23, 2010

Somehow, I thought I could quickly track down each of these 100 titles, translate them (roughly), note whether or not an English translation or excerpt exists, and be done with […]