…the London Bookfair just passed last month and a number of interesting comments were made by attending Arab writers on what’s up with Arabic literature these days. Although I don’t fully appreciate the prominence given to Alaa al-Aswany, especially amongst the few translated into English and other European languages, just because he is suave, well-dressed [...]
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(right to left anticlockwise) – “I’m not going to give you any guarantees, other than that the police doesn’t have time for us. Everyone is tied up with the safety and security of one person only, and any surprise will run right by them” “But Shihab Basha, this time we could go to jail…” “Mustafa, [...]