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In Other Words • 34 min read
In Other Words | The Beauty of the World and the Truth of All Things by Rehab Bassam
Rehab Bassam | Bassam’s fiction speaks for a generation of women that seems to have no voice in publishing.
14 December 2020
In Other Words • 38 min read
In Other Words | Two O’Clock on a Tuesday Afternoon by Muhammad El-Hajj
Muhammad El-Hajj | They needed a revolution to come together, and without its triumph their love, too, stood no chance
18 June 2020
In Other Words • 33 min read
In Other Words | The Commandments by Adel Esmat
Adel Esmat | The Commandments was shortlisted for the 2019 International Prize for Arabic Fiction this year
25 December 2019
In Other Words • 21 min read
In Other Words | Prizes for Heroes by Ahmed Awny
Ahmed Awny | I was afraid of the nostalgia I might feel as I walked into Tahrir Square.
22 October 2019
fiction • 23 min read
In Other Words | The Ways of the Lord by Shady Lewis
Shady Lewis | In Other Words is a new series of translated excerpts from contemporary Arabic literature.
11 September 2019
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