New Short Fiction: ‘A Funeral of Butterflies’
“Do words and laughter melt, the way images melt in memory?” Short fiction about life and death by Sudanese author Mona Mohamed Saleh.
Nassir Al-Sayeid al-Nour
New Fiction from Sudan: Ahmed Abu Hazim’s ‘Fragments of Obsessions & Suspicions ‘
His face was hidden by his bent head, with its enormous turban, as he busied himself with the food in front of him. His hand went up and down between his mouth and the dishes like an old crane.
Launching ‘In Focus: SUDAN’
We launch this section with a discussion of the exciting new voices with Sudanese authors, an overview of Sudanese women’s writing, and a list of Sudanese literature available in English. Coming later this week, we have short stories by Fatima as-Sanoussi and Ibrahim Ishag, and poetry by Mughira Harbya.
Fathia Debech’s Katara Prize-winning ‘Melanin’: A Look at Racism and Identity
With her debut novel, Tunisian author and translator Fathia Debech won a prestigious Katara Prize for the Arabic Novel.