Roger Allen

News lost stories, Naguib Mahfouz, Roger Allen, Whisper of Stars, Yasmina Jraissati

Mysterious Fort, Familiar Alley: Mahfouz’s ‘Lost’ Collection

December 11, 2018

“It’s all so damn tantalizing, you know?”

News Naguib Mahfouz, Roger Allen

Roger Allen to Translate Collection of ‘Lost’ Mahfouz Stories

November 8, 2018

Saqi Books announced today that they will publish the as-yet-untitled collection, in Roger Allen’s translation, in autumn 2019.

Poetry Alawiyya Sobh, Arabic Bestseller, Desire Pleasure and the Taboo, Elvira Diana, EURAMAL, Habib Selmi, Rashid Daif, religion and the Arabic novel, Roger Allen, Sex and the Saudi Novel, Wajdi al Ahdal

EURAMAL Examines ‘Desire, Pleasure and Taboo’ in Arabic Lit

June 25, 2010

I’m behind the times! The EURAMAL (European Association for Modern Arabic Literature) conference took place more than a week ago, and I have yet said absolutely nothing about it. Thanks […]

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