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The Night Will Have Its Say, by Ibrahim al-Koni, translated by Nancy Roberts.
The Night Will Have Its Say is a retelling of the Muslim wars of conquest in North Africa during the seventh century CE, narrated from the perspective of the conquered peoples.
#LibyanLit #MENALit
The Finest Thief in the Kingdom: Libyan Tales From Sadeq Naihoum, by Sadeq Naihoum, tr. by Sara Elnaili.
Naihoum writes about his native Libya, bringing to life a wonderful tableau of characters from Sultans & Faqihs to dervishes, thieves, and beggars.
#LibyanLit #MENALit
BACKLIST SPOTLIGHT: The Curious Case of Dassoukine's Trousers (Fouad Laroui, tr. @EmKateRam), winner of France's prestigious Prix Goncourt, is a wide-ranging collection of connected short-stories that explore what it means to be a foreigner with wit, humor, and pathos.
The Men Who Swallowed The Sun: A Novel, by Hamdi Abu Golayyel, tr. by Humphrey Davies.
This gritty tale of two men’s ill-conceived quest for a better life via the deserts of the Middle East & the cities of Europe is pure storytelling.
#EgyptianLit #MENALit #Migration
The Men Who Swallowed the Sun, by Hamdi Abu Golayyel, tr. by Humphrey Davies.
The Men Who Swallowed the Sun is an unforgettable novel of two men & their fellow migrants & the extreme marginalization that drives them.
#EgyptianLit #MENALit #MigrationLit
Here Is A Body, by Basma Abdel Aziz, tr. by Jonathan Wright.
Here Is A Body is a powerful depiction of the state cooptation of human bodies, the dehumanization of marginalized groups, & the use of inflammatory religious rhetoric to manipulate a narrative.
#EgyptianLit #MENALit
“The Trilogy is the magnum opus of the Cairene urban chronicles, a grand narrative project that took over six years (1946-52) to accomplish”
#TheCairoTrilogy
#Mahfouz22
I Was a French Muslim: Memories of an Algerian Freedom Fighter, by Mokhtar Mokhtefi, tr. by Elaine Mokhtefi.
This engaging #memoir provides a vivid account of a childhood under French #colonization & a life dedicated to the freedom of the Algerian people.
#AlgerianLit #MENALit
Hot Maroc, by Yassin Adnan, tr. by Alexander E. Elinson.
Rahhal opens the Atlas Cubs Cyber Café, where patrons mingle virtually w politicians, journalists, hackers, & trolls. However, Rahhal soon finds himself mired in the dark side of the online world.
#MoroccanLit #MENALit
Our Riches/A Bookshop in Algiers, by
@kaoutheradimi, translated from the French by Chris Andrews.
This wonderful book is a kind of love letter to Algiers, but also to Edmond Charlot, to literature & to the love of books.
https://t.co/njhb00vTvZ
#ReadingAfrica #MENALit
The Republic of False Truths by @AlaaAswany, translated from the Arabic by S. R. Fellowes.
From the bestselling author of The Yacoubian Building, and The Dictator Syndrome.
#ReadingAfrica #EgyptianLit #MENALit
You Have Not Yet Been Defeated, by Alaa Abdel Fattah
Bittersweet to receive Alaa's new book as he continues to be held in pretrial detention without access to books himself & as he awaits a verdict by emergency court, for which there will be no appeal, on December 20.
#FreeAlaa
@Read_WIT @bookshybooks @ClubLitteKM @UnivNebPress @FrenchBooksUSA @ladoxaeditions @OtitiWinners @mensahnews @sawadhussain @arablit @Sholeh_Wolpe @uarkpress @MagePublishers @thuprai @saraswati_prati @katerinatuckova @pagefort @JessAndohThayre @dedalusbooks @dcsaaci @LatAmLitToday @CharcoPress @englishpen @wwborders @PanMacIndia @DesiBooks @OrientBlackSwan @kyliu99 @LightspeedMag @Adamaniac @FiraBasuki @sartuulg @SongsForHorses @GloriaMacher @ActuSF @WomeninFrenchUK @AuFrenchStudies @CBOVPublisher @Istros_books @iupress @ucalifarah @QaluSew @Carcanet @nathaliephandal @InterlinkBooks @YediotAhronot @timesofindia @ShahlaUjayli @RabiaDjelti @Storymoja #DailyWIT Day 332/365: Razan Naim al-Maghrabi is a Libyan short story writer and novelist. Her full-length works do not appear to have been translated into English.
https://t.co/RG9ktGseQr
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#LibyanLit #MENALit #WIT
#WITMonth: Sex and Lies: True Stories of Women's Intimate Lives in the Arab World, by Leïla Slimani, tr. by Sophie Lewis.
https://t.co/PBPgdALCL9
#Morocco #MoroccanFrenchLit #MENALit #WIT
#DailyWIT Day 199/365: Meryem Alaoui's #debutnovel, Straight From the Horse's Mouth, was tr. by Emma Ramadan.
This hilarious, colorful portrait of a sex worker navigating life in modern #Morocco introduces a promising new literary voice.
#MoroccanLit #WIT #MENALit #ArabLit
Banipal Magazine: Book review: The Slave Yards by Najwa Bin Shatwan, translated by Nancy Roberts
https://t.co/bRnu4gBwap
#LibyanLit #MENALit
#DailyWIT Day 149/365: Aïcha Bassry is a Moroccan poet. While some of her books have been translated into French, only a few poems are available in English (eg tr Eric Sellin & Mbarek Sryfi @worldlittoday). #MoroccanLit #MENALit #Poetry
Credit: @HarmattanParis
The Republic of False Truths by @AlaaAswany, translated from the Arabic by S. R. Fellowes.
From the bestselling author of The Yacoubian Building, and The Dictator Syndrome.
#EgyptianLit #MENALit
#SpeculativeFiction in Translation: The Queue
@basmabasabisso has taken Egypt’s oppressive security apparatus & its impact on people’s lives & distilled the #dystopia. Tr by @lissiejaquette
.
https://t.co/q4m3IkZkRL
#EgyptianLit #SFinTranslation #MENALit #ArabLit
#SpeculativeFiction in Translation: The Queue
Basma Abdel Aziz has taken Egypt’s oppressive security apparatus & its impact on people’s lives & distilled the #dystopia. Tr by Elizabeth Jaquette.
https://t.co/q4m3IkZkRL
#EgyptianLit #SFinTranslation #MENALit #ArabLit
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