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File photo of Syrian writer Khaled Khalifa. (Courtesy of the writer.)

Syrian writer Khaled Khalifa: Aleppo is my favourite place to write about

by Al-Mustafa Najjar | Mar 29, 2014 | Lifestyle & Culture

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Novelist and screenwriter Khaled Khalifa is one of the few Syrian writers who can be said to have truly broken the wall of silence. His oeuvre breaks down deep-seated taboos in Syrian and Arab societies. Khalifa came to the limelight with the...

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File photo of Iraqi novelist Ahmad Saadawi. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Novelist Ahmad Saadawi creates an Iraqi Frankenstein

by Al-Mustafa Najjar | Mar 22, 2014 | Lifestyle & Culture

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—It was not surprising that the Iraqi novelist Ahmad Saadawi made it onto this year’s shortlist for the coveted International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF). The young Iraqi novelist came to immediate fame with the publication of his third...

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A man holds up an image of former Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser during a demonstration against the Egyptian military council in Tahrir square in Cairo, in this file picture taken November 27, 2011. To match Special Report EGYPT-BROTHERHOOD/ REUTERS/Esam Al-Fetori/Files (EGYPT – Tags: POLITICS MILITARY CIVIL UNREST)

Nasser through the eyes of his wife

by Al-Mustafa Najjar | Nov 2, 2013 | Book Reviews, Lifestyle & Culture

[inset_left]Nasser, My Husband By Tahia Gamal Abdel Nasser Published by the American University of Cairo Press 224 pages Cairo, 2013[/inset_left]When the Arabic version of Nasser, My Husband came out in early 2011, Gamal Abdel Nasser’s family would have hardly...