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In Other Words
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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.
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
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
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.
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.
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