The Last of the Angels by Fadhil al-Azzawi, Iraq
Fadhil al-Azzawi’s 1992 The Last of the Angels while not a particularly long book (275 pages in the Free Press …
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Arabic Literature as Windows into the Hearts of the Struggle
I long ago proved to myself that reading everything in the world, was impossible. I couldn’t even get through the …
More Arabic Fiction in Translation
As a follow up to my earlier posting of Arabic authors in English translation, as grass-roots democracy boils across the …
Egyptian, Tunisian, Lebanese and other Arabic Authors
Once again, convulsions in distant places are teaching us geography. It is also a good time to learn about the …
Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War
I’ve been reading — actually, listening to– Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War for a week, during commute times, …
Midaq Alley — A Novel from Egypt, Naguib Mahfouz
I came to this novel, Midaq Alley, (1947) from the film, El Callejon del los Milagros, which was made from …
Adrift on the Nile — a Novel of Egypt by Naguib Mahfouz
I came to Naguib Mahfouz’s novel Adrift on the Nile after having seen the movie of the same name. As …
Wedding Song by Naguib Mahfouz, Egypt
Wedding Song, by Naguib Mahfouz, Nobel Prize winning Egyptian author, was written in 1981 well into his writing life which …
The Sand Fish – a Novel from Dubai
The Sand Fish, a novel by Maha Gargash of Dubai, apparently written in English, is another of the suggestions for …
The Thief and the Dogs by Naguib Mahfouz, Egypt
I wrote last week about an Egyptian novel, Stealth, by Sonallah Ibrahim, which while I liked I felt presented certain …
Stealth a Novel by Sonallah Ibrahim, Egypt
Ignorance of Arabic writing in the West might only be exceeded by ignorance of that of any particular nationality in …
The Armies — A Novel from Colombia
One of the great pleasures of going to the annual meeting of the American Literary Translators Association [ALTA] is the …