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Aleppo Metro Maha Hassan
Syrian Kurdish novelist and short-story writer Maha Hassan was born in Aleppo. She published her first novel in 1995 and was banned from publishing in ……Read More
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Corruptions of Places: Between the Cracks of Wisdom and Overwhelming Tragedy
A re-reading of Sabri Moussa’s classic Seeds of Corruption: By Mahmoud Hosny “What’s the benefit of departure, Nicola, when you’re inside of yourself wherever you go?” ……Read More
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Youssef Fadel in The New Yorker
Nicolas Niarchos talks to Moroccan novelist and playwright Youssef Fadel in The New Yorker, in “’To Be a Writer You Have to Be Against the State’: Youssef Fadel ……Read More
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Taleb Al-Refai’s IPAF-longlisted ‘Al-Najdi’: Alnukhethah’s Ode to the Sea
Taleb al-Refai’s Al-Najdi was longlisted for the 2018 International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF). It’s a compelling portrait of Capt. Ali al-Najdi, and Mariam al-Doseri argues that ……Read More
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Huddud’s House: ‘The Last Thing I Need Is for People To Read My Book Because It’s Forbidden’
Syrian author Fadi Azzam, born in Taara, near the city of Suweida, started writing Huddud’s House back in 2012, just one year after the start ……Read More
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Michael Mohammed Ahmad’s ‘The Lebs’: Depicting Arab Lives in Australia
Michael Mohammed Ahmad — author and founder of ‘Sweatshop: Western Sydney Literacy Movement” — is launching a new novel, The Lebs, on February 27: By ……Read More