New on Bulaq: Mohamed Choukri’s Brutal Honesty
In the latest episode of BULAQ, co-hosts M Lynx Qualey and Ursula Lindsey talk with translator-scholar Jonas Elbousty about the great Mohamed Choukri.
Mohamed Choukri
On Mohamed Choukri’s ‘Faces,’ Now Finally in English
Mohamed Choukri’s Faces, the third book in his famous trilogy of fictionalized autobiographical works that began with For Bread Alone, finally came out in Jonas Elbousty’s English translation this month, […]
Launching the MIRRORS Issue: Recovering Their Medieval Magic
In the pieces included here, men seem more likely to link mirrors to a past, while for women they are part of an encircling present.
Mohamed Boukhza on Mohamed Choukri: ‘Romantic, Short-tempered,’ and with No Time for Hypocrites or Flatterers
“He was a multi-faceted person: romantic, short tempered, and self-loving with a high self-esteem. When surrounded by friends he liked, he would laugh hysterically. In him there was a mixture of spontaneity, adventure, and shrewdness. He was not malicious, and he believed in what he wrote.”
A New Graphic-novel Adaptation of Mohamed Choukri’s ‘For Bread Alone’
A graphic-novel adaptation of Mohamed Choukri’s iconic For Bread Alone — by Moroccan comics artist Abdelaziz Mouride (1949-2013) is finally coming to print.
On Banipal’s ‘100 Best Arabic Novels’
“Usefully, the Banipal list is not just a list, but also includes brief introductions to both the works and their authors, as well as some contextualization.”
What Ever Happened to Mohamed Choukri?
Qantara announces at the opening of its profile of the legacy of Mohamed Choukri that: Mohamed Choukri’s books rank among the classics of modern world literature. The Moroccan author would […]