This panel aims to address the question of how resistance and trauma are conceived and practiced in prison literature in North Africa in the years leading to and following the Arab Uprisings of 2010-2011. Speakers: Yosra Amraoui holds a PhD in English Language, Literature and Civilization from the University ofContinue Reading
Join this discussion hosted by MENA Prison Forum on “Swaying Bodies”, a novella by Ahmed Abdul-Halim, with illustrations by Dima Daly.Continue Reading
“Farewell to the prison bars and walls / Farewell to friends and our nighttime talks / when you divvied up the moonlight amongst us.”Continue Reading
“Around a century later, in Cairo, during the obscenity trial of my novel Using Life, the assistant attorney for the prosecution challenged my defense attorney and the respected literary figures we had called as witnesses to read a section of my novel out loud.”Continue Reading
“I thought these are crazy days. I have been in prison for a long time, and I have no idea what’s going on. Maybe they’re fabricating a case against Nagib Mahfouz or his ghost.”Continue Reading
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