Egypt’s Youssef Ziedan Phenomenon
Last night, a glance at the (Korba) Shorouk bookstore’s bestseller rack showed, unsurprisingly, that three of the top five slots were taken by books written by scholar-cum-novelist Dr. Youssef Ziedan.*
Youssef Ziedan
Will the Real Youssef Ziedan Please Come Forward?
Over at Al Masry Al Youm, Omar Cheta has an interesting piece about the perceptions and misperceptions of academic and author (and “Arabic Booker” winner) Youssef Ziedan. And this isn’t […]
How Will Ziedan’s ‘Blasphemy’ Play for English-language Audiences?
And the controversy over Azazil continues. Recently, two prominent Egyptian lawyers—Naguib Gobrail and Mamdouh Ramzy—submitted a complaint to Egypt’s Attorney General, Bikya Masr reports. The complaint accuses novelist Youssef Ziedan […]