On the Sonallah Ibrahim Renaissance
“I think there is also the question of who gets to write Egypt’s history, and who will maintain the archives and documents necessary to tell that history?”Continue Reading
“I think there is also the question of who gets to write Egypt’s history, and who will maintain the archives and documents necessary to tell that history?”Continue Reading
Coming in August: Books by Sonallah Ibrahim, Ibrahim al-Koni, and Faleeha Hassan.Continue Reading
Coming in June, three new books in translation by Egyptian authors.Continue Reading
Academic, translator, and writer Hosam Aboul-Ela will give a talk on “Nonfiction in the Novels of Sonallah Ibrahim: The Horizons of Translation” at Indiana University on Thursday, March 31, 2022, at 5pm EDT.Continue Reading
“His mouth discharged a second snort. I worried he might attack me, or tear me apart, but he settled his body back into the chair and sighed. “Continue Reading
Two very different Egyptian novels appear in translation this month: They are Sonallah Ibrahim’s “provocative masterpiece” Warda, translated by Hosam aboul-Ela and Mohamed Kheir’s “musical and parabolic” Slipping, translated by Robin Moger.Continue Reading
“Like I say, it’s fleeting, but I could write a whole memoir, I think, just about getting that sentence translated.”Continue Reading
“Oman, which is not often in the media spotlight, appears to the reader of Warda not only as a country with a rich tradition and heritage, but also the scene of a violent power struggle between its different political factions.”Continue Reading
“Look, there’s no novels,” a voice suddenly boomed directly above my head. “We don’t sell novels.”Continue Reading
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