Podcasts about Naguib Mahfouz

durée : 00:09:13 - France Culture va plus loin (l'Invité(e) des Matins d'été) - par : Astrid de Villaines, Stéphanie Villeneuve, Sarah Masson - L'acteur et réalisateur Reda Kateb propose une lecture de trois nouvelles d'un des plus célèbres auteurs contemporains en langue arabe, le Prix Nobel égyptien Naguib Mahfouz. Cette lecture a lieu à l'occasion des "Fictions" de France Culture, créations autour de la langue arabe, depuis Avignon. - réalisation : Félicie Faugère - invités : Reda Kateb Acteur de théâtre et de cinéma, réalisateur

durée : 02:00:09 - Les Matins d'été - par : Astrid de Villaines, Stéphanie Villeneuve, Sarah Masson - . - réalisation : Félicie Faugère - invités : Véronique Nahoum-Grappe Anthropologue; Nada Yafi Interprète, diplomate française, traductrice; Nabil Wakim Journaliste au Monde et auteur; Reda Kateb Acteur de théâtre et de cinéma, réalisateur

durée : 00:59:33 - Les Fictions - Avignon - En trois histoires, le théâtre de Naguib Mahfouz restitue la vie sociale d'une ville tentaculaire en pleine mutation. Un directeur d'hôtel, un conducteur de train et en rêveur violenté par ses visites nocturnes rendent compte du fourmillement du Caire. Avec Reda Kateb.

durée : 00:59:33 - Les Fictions - Avignon - En trois histoires, le théâtre de Naguib Mahfouz restitue la vie sociale d'une ville tentaculaire en pleine mutation. Un directeur d'hôtel, un conducteur de train et en rêveur violenté par ses visites nocturnes rendent compte du fourmillement du Caire. Avec Reda Kateb.

durée : 00:59:33 - Les Fictions - Avignon - En trois histoires, le théâtre de Naguib Mahfouz restitue la vie sociale d'une ville tentaculaire en pleine mutation. Un directeur d'hôtel, un conducteur de train et en rêveur violenté par ses visites nocturnes rendent compte du fourmillement du Caire. Avec Reda Kateb.

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El callejón de los milagros en voz de Jorge Fons. A 30 años. Pt.1 Hace 30 años el cine mexicano vivía una de las peores crisis de su historia. De esa crisis, sin embargo, surgió una de las películas más importantes en su historia: El callejón de los milagros. Impresionante adaptación de la novela de Naguib Mahfouz de parte de Vicente Leñero, la película fue dirigida por Jorge Fons, pilar del cine nacional. Hace ya varios años tuvimos la oportunidad de comentar a detalle la película con el propio Jorge Fons, quien nos dio todo tipo de detalles de la concepción y del rodaje de la película, multipremiada en todo el mundo. Hoy, de forma póstuma, rescatamos esa plática con Jorge Fons para celebrar los 30 años de El callejón de los milagros, de su éxito, de la proyección que la película le dio a Salma Hayek y obra de primer nivel de uno de los mejores directores del cine mexicano, a quien también recordamos hoy a través de esta entrevista. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From glistening skyscrapers and bustling downtowns to dark alleys and creeping urban decay, cities are endlessly complicated and diverse. And so are the books that take place in urban settings. This week, we share some of our favorite city books and chat about what makes these environments so fascinating. What are your favorites?ShownotesBooks* Pink Slime, by Fernanda Trías, translated by Heather Cleary* Middlemarch, by George Eliot* Lies and Sorcery, by Elsa Morante, translated by Jenny McPhee* Swann's Way, by Marcel Proust* Wind and Truth, by Brandon Sanderson* The Suicides, by Antonio Di Benedetto, translated by Esther Allen* Zama, by Antonio Di Benedetto, translated by Esther Allen* The Silentiary, by Antonio Di Benedetto, translated by Esther Allen* Invisible Cities, by Italo Calvino, translated by William Weaver* A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, by Betty Smith* The House on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros* A Confederacy of Dunces, by John Kennedy Toole* The Passenger, by Cormac McCarthy* The City and the City, by China Miéville* Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity, by Katherine Boo* The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas, by Ursula K. Le Guin* My Brilliant Friend, by Elena Ferrante, translated by Anne Goldstein* Lush Life, by Richard Price* Solenoid, by Mircea Cǎrtǎrescu, translated by Sean Cotter* Mrs. Dalloway, by Virginia Woolfe* Ask the Dust, by John Fante* One Hundred Years of Solitude, by Gabriel García Máquez, translated by Gregory Rabassa* Anniversaries, by Uwe Johnson, translated by Damion Searls* Cannery Row, by John Steinbeck* Ulysses, by James Joyce* New York Trilogy, by Paul Auster* Piranesi, by Susanna Clarke* It, by Stephen King* The Virgin Suicides, by Jeffrey Eugenides* Open City, by Teju Cole* Bleak House, by Charles Dickens* The Devil in the White City, by Erik Larsen* Midaq Alley, by Naguib Mahfouz, translated by Trevor Le Gassick* The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, by Michael Chabon* Berlin Alexanderplatz, by Alfred Döblin, translated by Michael Hoffman* Down and Out in London, by George Orwell* City of Saints and Madmen, by Jeff Vandermeer* Cairo Trilogy, by Naguib Mahfouz, translated by William Maynard Hutchins, Olive E. Kenny, Lorne M. Kenny, and Angele Botros Samaan* The Alexandria Quartet, by Lawrence Durrell* London, by Edward Rutherford* Dublin, by Edward Rutherford* New York, by Edward Rutherford* Paris, by Edward RutherfordThe Mookse and the Gripes Podcast is a book chat podcast. Every other week Paul and Trevor get together to talk about some bookish topic or another. We hope you'll continue to join us!Many thanks to those who helped make this possible! If you'd like to donate as well, you can do so on Substack or on our Patreon page. These subscribers get periodic bonus episode and early access to all episodes! Every supporter has their own feed that he or she can use in their podcast app of choice to download our episodes a few days early. Please go check it out! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mookse.substack.com/subscribe

La biografia e la bibliografia (in italiano) di Naguib Mahfouz, uno degli più grandi letterati arabi di sempre e l'unico a vincere il premio Nobel per la letteraturaIscriviti al canale Telegram per guardare tutta la lista di tutti gli eventi (ad oggi) confermati ed avvisatemi se ne conoscete altri Mentre qui trovate tutti i link di Medio Oriente e Dintorni: Linktree, ma, andando un po' nel dettaglio: -Tutti gli aggiornamenti sulla pagina instagram @medioorienteedintorni -Per articoli visitate il sito https://mediorientedintorni.com/ trovate anche la "versione articolo" di questo podcast. - Qui il link al canale Youtube- Podcast su tutte le principali piattaforme in Italia e del mondo-Vuoi tutte le uscite in tempo reale? Iscriviti al gruppo Telegram: https://t.me/mediorientedintorniOgni like, condivisione o supporto è ben accetto e mi aiuta a dedicarmi sempre di più alla mia passione: raccontare il Medio Oriente ed il "mondo islamico"

- Arba'in of Imam Husayn was commemorated on Sunday with 21.48 million visitors in Karbala, compared to 2 million in 2003. - Imam Husayn's uprising against Yazid remains an inspiring example of resisting tyranny. - Some scholars under tyrant rulers teach obedience to unjust rulers, condemning Imam Husayn's rebellion. - Independent scholars see Imam Husayn as a source of inspiration, including Shaykh Muhammad 'Abduh, who emphasized the duty to resist rulers who abandon Islamic principles. - Imam Husayn is described as the "lamp of guidance and the ark of salvation." - Oppressed individuals and those with clear consciences support the oppressed, as seen in global protests against oppression, including in Gaza. - University students are demanding divestment from companies involved in Israel's occupation of Palestine, with San Francisco State University beginning to divest from weapons manufacturers. - The women of Banu Hashim, particularly Zaynab, played a crucial role in spreading Imam Husayn's message after his martyrdom. - Imam Husayn's movement is divided into two phases: his leadership until Ashura and Zaynab's leadership afterward. - Zaynab's sermon in Yazid's palace challenged his tyranny, asserting that their memory and revelation could not be erased. - Yazid's grave is abandoned, while shrines of Zaynab in Damascus and Cairo are visited by both Sunnis and Shias, with devotees believing their prayers are answered through her intercession. - Naguib Mahfouz, an Egyptian novelist, highlighted the deep devotion of Cairo's people to Zaynab's shrine in his writings. Friday Juma Khutba August 30th, 2024 Donate towards our programs today: https://jaffari.org/donate/ Jaffari Community Centre (JCC Live)

Qu'est-ce qu'être arabe ? En voilà une belle et grande question, qui fait trembler l'Occident, et qui évidemment n'a pas une seule réponse, surtout dans la tête de notre invité Sofiane Si Merabet, fils d'Algériens, né en France et vivant à Dubaï. Mille et une questions trottent chez ce voyageur polyglotte, travailleur pour l'industrie du luxe et tombé en amour pour les pays du Golfe. Un bien bel endroit pour dire la fierté d'être soi, en étant arabe, avec en poche plein de… et si. Et si la nostalgie très ancrée dans la culture arabe n'avait rien à voir avec le repli identitaire ? Et si le concept de futur de la nostalgie était devenu le mantra de notre invité ? Créateur du compte Instagram The confused arab suivi par plus de 85 000 followers, notre artiste - qui ne perd pas le nord - en a fait aussi un livre qui paraît c/o Belfond L'Arabe confus. Un livre où l'on peut tomber sur cette phrase : Chez soi n'est pas là où nous sommes nés. Chez soi, le home est là où toutes les tentatives de fuite cessent. Naguib Mahfouz

Qu'est-ce qu'être arabe ? En voilà une belle et grande question, qui fait trembler l'Occident, et qui évidemment n'a pas une seule réponse, surtout dans la tête de notre invité Sofiane Si Merabet, fils d'Algériens, né en France et vivant à Dubaï. Mille et une questions trottent chez ce voyageur polyglotte, travailleur pour l'industrie du luxe et tombé en amour pour les pays du Golfe. Un bien bel endroit pour dire la fierté d'être soi, en étant arabe, avec en poche plein de… et si. Et si la nostalgie très ancrée dans la culture arabe n'avait rien à voir avec le repli identitaire ? Et si le concept de futur de la nostalgie était devenu le mantra de notre invité ? Créateur du compte Instagram The confused arab suivi par plus de 85 000 followers, notre artiste - qui ne perd pas le nord - en a fait aussi un livre qui paraît c/o Belfond L'Arabe confus. Un livre où l'on peut tomber sur cette phrase : Chez soi n'est pas là où nous sommes nés. Chez soi, le home est là où toutes les tentatives de fuite cessent. Naguib Mahfouz

En este episodio hablamos de libros escritos por autores africanos ya que esta era la premisa del reto lector del mes de mayo. Aqui os dejamos la lista de los libros que hemos leído: - El café de Qúshtumar, de Naguib Mahfouz. https://amzn.to/3KJqimX - Nuestra Señora del Nilo, de Scholastique Mukasonga. https://amzn.to/3RrVcUP - Mujer en punto cero, de Nawal El Saadawi. https://amzn.to/4b6e3M1 - Americanah, de Chimamanda Nogozi Adichie. https://amzn.to/4cj9kHV Os dejamos enlaces patrocinados a los libros, por si queréis haceros con ellos. Usarlos no encarece el producto pero a nosotros nos deja una pequeña compensación que ayuda a que sigamos leyendo… Como siempre, si quieres aportar ideas o para contarnos tu opinión, hacernos sugerencias o preguntar cualquier cosa nos puedes encontrar en: Instagram: @me_lo_leo_podcast Twitter: @meloleopodcast Email: meloleopodcast@gmail.com

Today I‘m excited to be speaking with Ahmed Naji, a writer who spent two years in prison in Egypt for writing what the authorities judged to be objectionable material.But while Ahmed Naji was in prison, he discovered literature and through that, himself. It's an amazing story of a person who finds magic and hope in the unlikely environs of the library of a stereotypical prison—a pestilential and dank hovel, one biscuit short of hell.But before I talk to him, I thought it might be useful to get some context going here, so, a little bit, about Egyptian literature first. Modern Egyptian literature began to flourish in the early 20th century, or right up to say the 1940s, as writers started to break away from traditional Arabic literary forms such as classical Arabic poetry, with specific meters and rhyming schemes. It was during that time that author Taha Hussein, often called the "Dean of Arabic Literature," challenged classical literary norms, when he introduced a more accessible style of prose.The next decade saw the birth of a cultural renaissance with the overthrow of the monarchy in 1952 and the beginning of the republic. That's about when Naguib Mahfouz happened. He went on to win the Nobel in 1988 and brought world attention to Egyptian literature.As with all cultural forms, one decade tends to build on the previous and the successive decades have seen social realism, pioneering books, like "Woman at Point Zero", about the struggles of women in Egyptian society, and writers explained the challenges of contemporary life. There was the growth of female and feminist voices and of course the influences from the Arab Spring. Importantly, there has been a growth in contribution to literature from the Egyptian diaspora.I found Ahmed Naji's writing online and I was fascinated by his story and his work and we tracked him down to his new home in the United States. Ahmed's latest book Rotten Evidence is a story about his time in prison, about how he discovered literature and found the writer in himself and the reality of protest. These lines capture the essence of the protest against censorship and being jailed for alleged obscenity."James Joyce, who swore to express himself with the greatest degree of freedom possible—and never to serve home, fatherland, or church—said a writer had three weapons: silence, exile, and cunning. Well, Joyce, they put me in prison, and all I had left was laughter and rage."Such is the captivating prose of my guest today. Ahmed Naji joins me from his home in Las Vegas for this delightful conversation.ABOUT AHMED NAJIAhmed Naji is a writer, journalist, documentary filmmaker... and criminal. His novel Using Life made him the only writer in Egyptian history to have been sent to prison for offending public morality. Naji has won several prizes including a Dubai Press Club Award and a PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award. He is currently a fellow at the Beverly Rogers, Carol C. Harter Black Mountain Institute. Buy Rotten Evidence: Reading and Writing in an Egyptian Prison: https://litcity.in/rotten-evidenceWHAT'S THAT WORD?!Co-host Pranati "Pea" Madhav joins Ramjee Chandran in "WHAT'S THAT WORD?!",  where they discuss the Arabic proverb  "BUKRA FI'L MISH MISH".CONTACT USReach us by mail: theliterarycity@explocity.com or simply, tlc@explocity.comOr here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theliterarycityOr here:  https://www.instagram.com/explocityblr/

If you're a leader, you should be leading with questions, posits author Bob Tiede. By the time we got done with our conversation, he'd convinced me of just how important - and just how simple - it is.Here are a few of the show notes from our conversation.Leading with questions is crucial for motivating employees. It's important to ask the right questions in the right way.Questions should be purposeful and respectful. They should aim to gather information, understand the status of a project, develop or coach employees, moderate meetings, resolve conflicts, build trust, give feedback, or help employees reflect on their activities.However, questions can also be used to apply pressure, demonstrate power, and spread fear. Managers should be aware of how they might unintentionally put pressure on their employees with their questioning techniques.Open-ended questions, which cannot be answered with a simple "yes" or "no", are recommended. They provide more information and give insight into the motives, needs, opinions, and fears of the person being questioned.The question "why" is open but should be used with care as it can put people on the defensive. Instead of asking "why", it's better to ask "what was your intention?" or "what can we learn from this?" or "how can we do it better in the future?"The Egyptian writer Naguib Mahfouz said, "You can tell whether a person is smart from their answers and you can tell whether a person is wise from their questions."This conversation emphasizes the importance of asking the right questions in leadership and how it can significantly impact employee motivation and project outcomes.Learn more from Bob Tiede at https://leadingwithquestions.com  ★ Support this podcast ★ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit happyaf.substack.com/subscribe

 Meg Wolitzer presents three provocative works about rituals that reshape and define their characters. In “oh she gotta head fulla hair,” by Ntozake Shange, a woman's attention to her hair consumes her life. The reader is Tamara Tunie. In “Half a Day,” by Naguib Mahfouz, performed by Bruce Altman, time collapses and a lifetime goes by in a flash. And in Charles Baxter's “Fenstad's Mother,” a mother and son rehearse old patterns and find new ones. The reader is Edie Falco.

We wandered through Arabic poetry and prose to talk about many different forms of literary love: regretful love, unreciprocated love, bad love, vengeful love, liberating love, married love.  We read this poem by Núra al-Hawshán: “O eyes, pour me the clearest, freshest tearsAnd when the fresh part's over, pour me the dregs.O eyes, gaze at his harvest and guard it.Keep watch upon his water-camels, look at his well.If he passes me on the roadI can't speak to him.O God, such afflictionAnd utter calamity!Whoever desires usWe scorn to desire,And whom we desireFeeble fate does not deliver.” The Núra al-Hawshán poem, translated by Moneera al-Ghadeer, has a modern musical adaptation on YouTube produced by Majed Al Esa. Yasmine Seale's translation of Ulayya Bint El Mahdi. This poem and others were set to music on the album “Medieval Femme.” Do'a al-Karawan (“The Nightingale's Prayer”) by Taha Hussein I Do Not Sleep, Ihsan Abdel Kouddous, trans. Jonathan Smolin The Cairo Trilogy, Naguib Mahfouz (1956-57) Al-Bab al-Maftouh (The Open Door) Latifa al-Zayyat, trans. Marilyn Booth (1960)  All That I Want to Forget, by Bothayna Al-Essa, translated by Michele Henjum. Rita and the Rifle, Mahmoud Darwish, made into a song by Marcel Khalife.  Ode to My Husband, Who Brings the Music by Zeina Hashem Beck

It's literary prize season! When the Sawiris Cultural Awards were announced at the start of 2023, novelist Shady Lewis Botros turned his novel award down, launching a storm of criticism, defense, and discussion. Is it bad manners or good politics to turn down a prize? How do different prizes affect the literary landscape? How is the 2023 prize season shaping up? Show Notes:  Mada Masr published “A conversation with Shady Lewis Botros on the genealogy of literary refusal” The International Prize for Arabic Fiction recently announced their 2023 longlist, with a historically high number of women writers (half). Also in Jan 2023, Banipal Prize judges announced that two novels had won their 2022 prize. By coincidence, we did a joint episode on those two novels. PEN America recently announced their lit-prize longlists. Iman Mersal's The Threshold, translated by Robyn Creswell, made the poetry-in-translation longlist. In December 2022, Fatima Qandil's Empty Cages won the Naguib Mahfouz medal, and she said it was the first time she'd won a prize.

Starting in the mid 1940s and continuing through the 1960s, Egypt experienced a Golden Age of cinema. With the third largest private film production system in the world, Egypt acted as Hollywood to most all Arabic speaking countries; producing commercially minded hit after hit, with crowd pleasing stories, star players and big wig directors. Yet, as with most industries during the time, by the 1960s the bottom had started to fall out – The Nasser regime nationalized the industry in 1966, bringing a close to what had been a rather free wheeling time of cinematic exploration and focusing more on political mindedness and general entertainment. In this episode, Bart and Jenna dive into a positive who's who of Egyptian cinema. This dazzling array of famous Egyptian directors, films, and actors includes young Omar Sharif, Shukry Sarhan and Soad Hosny, bombshells Shadia and Hind Rostum, multiple Naguib Mahfouz adaptations, and even two films that broke through to the Western world: the Muslim Crusade epic Saladin and the internationally celebrated The Night Counting The Years. Not only do these foreign films not feel so foreign, but it turns out this might have been the most rewarding watch of the entire podcast season – all thumbs up!The following films are discussed:• The Beginning and the End (1960) بداية و نهاي Directed by Salah Abu Seif Starring Omar Sharif, Sanaa Gamil, Farid Shawki• A Rumor of Love (1961) إشاعة حب Directed by Fatin Abdel Wahab Starring Omar Sharif, Soad Hosny, Youssef Wahbi • Chased by the Dogs (1962) اللص والكلاب Directed by Kamal El Sheikh Starring Shadia, Shukry Sarhan, Kamal Al-Shennawi• Saladin (1963) الناصر صلاح الدين Directed by Youssef Chahine Starring Ahmed Mazhar, Salah Zulfikar, Nadia Lutfi• The Sin (1965) الحرام Directed by Henry Barakat Starring Faten Hamama, Zaki Rostom, Abdullah Gaith• The Postman (1968) البوسطجي Directed by Hussein Kamal Starring Shukri Sarhan, Seif Abdelrahman, Zizi Mostapha• The Night of Counting the Years (1969) المومياء Directed by Shady Abdel Salam Starring Nadia Lutfi, Ahmed Marei, Ahmad Hegazi

Sally takes a swim in the river after a few days' absence from the boat, reflecting on how her natural surroundings fuel her writing. Her thoughts turn to her mother, who loved music; and she plays a song by Nina Simone, which Sally has often used as a teaching aid in her creative writing classes. It's an elegiac song, and Sally ponders how songs can help us unpick the difficult narratives of our own lives. At the end of the episode, Sally gets bad news about Philip, an old friend and student. She reaches for a passage from Shakespeare's The Tempest, an enraptured speech about music and the beauty of nature, and dedicates it to Philip in the final hours of his life. Further Reading The passage which Sally reads at the opening and ending of the episode is a rhapsodic speech by Caliban in Act 3, Scene 2 of Shakespeare's The Tempest. Caliban is the original owner of the island, having had it bequeathed to him by his mother Sycorax; but Prospero, the Duke of Milan and a magus, has taken over the isle, and enslaved Caliban. Despite his servitude and the brutality of his treatment, Caliban shows he is poetically attuned to the enchantments of the island. Many of the phrases and images in this speech link us to Prospero's famous reflections in Act 4 Scene 1, on the beauty and the transience of life and the inevitability of death: “our revels now are ended.” Sally's mother is a central character in her critically praised memoir (although Sally prefers the term “anti-memoir”) Girl With Dove, published by William Collins. You can find out more about her writing on Sally's website: https://sallybayley.com/ Nina Simone was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, and civil rights activist, who recorded more than 40 albums between 1958 and 1974. The song Stars, which Sally analyses, was written and released by Janis Ian in 1974. Nina Simone covered it on the album Let It Be Me in 1987 and sang it live at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1976. The melancholy of the live performance reflects Simone's mourning for the passage of time, the fate of the anti-racism aspirations of the 1960s civil rights movement, and her own decline in popularity and stardom. The song can be found here: https://open.spotify.com/track/1OXBfwBYtj2AAKi6jom1qT#login This episode is dedicated to Professor Philip J. Stewart, who passed away shortly after it was recorded. Philip was a remarkable polymath who worked across the arts and sciences; with characteristic modesty, he described himself as a “Jack of all trades and master of none”. He studied Arabic and in the 1960s had a brief career as an Arabist, translating a novel by Nobel Prize winning author Naguib Mahfouz. He then took a second degree in forestry and worked in forest conservation and erosion control in Algeria, before teaching ecology in Oxford and writing widely on topics from chemistry and astronomy to music. When he retired, he dedicated himself to literature, writing a book about ten poets who lived or wrote on Boars Hill where he lived – poets such as Robert Graves, Matthew Arnold and John Masefield - called Oxford's Parnassus (Bothie Books, 2021). Since this episode was recorded, Sally has heard from Philip's daughter that she did indeed read Caliban's speech to him before he passed away The producer of the podcast is Andrew Smith: https://www.fleetingyearfilms.com The extra voice in this episode is Emma Fielding and the beautiful piano tracks used in the episode are written and performed by Paul Clarke We are currently raising funds to pay to keep the podcast going. If you would like to support us, please visit - https://gofund.me/d5bef397 Thanks to everyone who has supported us so far. Special thanks go to Violet Henderson, Kris Dyer, and Lady Ronia.  

What's literary fiction?It's not easily defined. Maybe because literary fiction is not what it is but it isn't. Essentially, it is fiction writing that does not fit into any genre. Like crime, romance, horror, science-fiction, and other what have you genres.Another characteristic of literary fiction is that the story is driven by its protagonists or characters and not by a plot. It can speak of humanity, embrace a philosophy, dwell for pages on describing something that may well be inconsequential to the subject and indeed, stray very far from whatever plot or path it may have chartered for itself.You read literary fiction for the journey you make from cover to cover. It's not necessarily a whodunit, such that you get to the end only to find out that the butler didn't.For dint of its lack of conformity to genre, I reckon, literary writing is considered an art form and therefore an idealistic higher form. So does it follow that genre based literature is somehow mass media?And despite loud protestations to the contrary, the Nobel Prize for Literature has frequently gone mostly to writers of literary fiction. Also the Booker. To wit, literary fiction is not written with the objective of entertaining and amusing the reader. It calls for the reader to appreciate its prose.My guest today is Omar El Akkad, a craftsman if I ever read one. A few writers—very few—begin their careers by making a mark. He's one.Omar's first book, American War—a dystopian novel set in the future—received deservedly great accolade. Omar's latest work is a novel called What Strange Paradise. It is the story of a young Syrian refugee. The narrative alternates between his journey on a refugee boat and what ostensibly happens after it washes up broken, on a shore in Greece.Whatever it is that pundits accept as literary fiction, you might say Omar's prose rises to it.My introduction to him was his essay in the literary magazine, The Paris Review. I found the story—titled “Flight Paths”—so compelling that I asked my team to invite him to be my guest today on this podcast. And I was delighted he was available.So here he is. Joining us from his home in Portland, Oregon, is award winning literary novelist Omar El Akkad.ABOUT OMAR EL AKKADAuthor and journalist, he was born in Egypt, grew up in Qatar, moved to Canada as a teenager and now lives in the United States. He won a National Newspaper Award for Investigative Journalism and the Goff Penny Award for young journalists. His fiction and non-fiction writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, Le Monde, Guernica, GQ and others. His debut novel, American War, is an international bestseller, winning several awards. It was listed as one of the best books of the year by The New York Times and others. His new novel, What Strange Paradise, was released in July, 2021 and won the Giller Prize, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers' Award, the Oregon Book Award for fiction, and was shortlisted for the Aspen Words Literary Prize. It was also named a best book of the year by the New York Times, the Washington Post, NPR and several other publications.Buy What Strange Paradise here: https://amzn.to/3b0YLiLWHAT'S THAT WORD?!Co-host Pranati "Pea" Madhav joins Ramjee Chandran in the segment "What's That Word?", where they discuss the phrase "toe the line".WANT TO BE ON THE SHOW?Reach us by mail: theliterarycity@explocity.com or simply, tlc@explocity.com.Or here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theliterarycity.Or here:  https://www.instagram.com/explocityblr/.

“Tu hogar no es donde naciste, el hogar es donde todos tus intentos de escapar cesan.” Naguib Mahfouz

Sabine Vorin, agent de ménage, fut retrouvée morte, seule, dans les toilettes de la bibliothèque municipale Naguib Mahfouz du 20ème arrondissement de Paris, le 17 septembre. Elle travaillait précédemment dans l'enceinte de la Mairie de ce même arrondissement. La défunte avait été déplacée par son supérieur direct à la bibliothèque pour échapper aux remarques racistes, sexistes et grossophobes, proférées par le Directeur Général des Services de la Mairie. https://www.cjl.ong/?s=sabine+vorin La mort de Mme Vorin, au lieu de provoquer une prise de conscience de Madame Anne Hidalgo, maire de Paris et Frédérique Calandra, à l'époque du XXème arrondissement de Paris, a abouti à des procès baillons contre le CJL pour ses enquêtes et ma mise en examen à deux reprises. De plus, bien que les révélations du CJL ont été reprises par Le Parisien (https://www.leparisien.fr/paris-75/paris-des-accusations-de-harcelement-contre-la-mairie-du-xxe-13-11-2018-7942098.php?ts=1653293006298) et Streetpress (https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/paris-ile-de-france/paris/municipales-paris-frederique-calandra-maire-socialiste-du-20eme-rejoint-rangs-benjamin-griveaux-1737671.html), seul Yasser Louati est trainé devant les tribunaux. De plus, et ce qui rend la position de Anne Hidalgo encore plus impardonnable, c'est que la Mairie de Paris subventionne le financement de ces procès via protection fonctionnelle accordée à Didier Conques. Ce dernier, bien qu'écarté de la Mairie du XXème après les révélations du CJL, s'est retrouvé parachuté dans un autre service (https://www.cjl.ong/2019/10/13/accuse-de-harcelement-raciste-et-sexiste-la-mairie-du-vingtieme-se-separe-de-son-dgspour-le-promouvoir-ailleurs/) mais a engagé une vendetta personnelle avec de l'argent public. Sa supérieure hiérarchique Frédérique Calandra, elle, fut nommée Déléguée Interministérielle d'aide aux victimes http://www.justice.gouv.fr/delegation-interministerielle-daide-aux-victimes-12894/ par le Garde des Sceaux http://www.justice.gouv.fr/delegation-interministerielle-daide-aux-victimes-12894/ Personne n'a été inquiété pour la mort de Sabine Vorin, au contraire, les personnes accusées ont pu poursuivre leurs carrières. Cité dans ce podcast: Harcèlement Sexuel, Racisme: "Je vous avais alerté" Danielle Simonnet à Anne Hidalgo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d631s0G6_vM La CGT dénonce Didier Conques: http://daccgtculture.over-blog.com/2018/11/harcelement-propos-racistes-gestes-deplaces-la-mairie-du-xxe-desormais-sous-le-coup-d-une-enquete-administrative.html Frédérique Calandra (PS) soutien Benjamin Griveaux (LREM) après avoir perdu l'investiture de son parti après les révélations sur la mort de Sabine Vorin: https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/paris-ile-de-france/paris/municipales-paris-frederique-calandra-maire-socialiste-du-20eme-rejoint-rangs-benjamin-griveaux-1737671.html Accusé de harcèlement raciste et sexiste: La Mairie du Vingtième se sépare de son DGS…pour le promouvoir ailleurs https://www.cjl.ong/2019/10/13/accuse-de-harcelement-raciste-et-sexiste-la-mairie-du-vingtieme-se-separe-de-son-dgspour-le-promouvoir-ailleurs/ Du harcèlement au travail: Sabine Vorin, agente de ménage antillaise décédée dans le 20ème https://www.cjl.ong/2018/10/21/du-harcelement-a-la-solitude-sabine-vorin-agente-de-menage-decedee-dans-le-20eme/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lesideeslibres/message

Sabine Vorin, a cleaning agent, was found dead, alone, in the toilets of the Naguib Mahfouz municipal library in the 20th arrondissement of Paris, on September 17, 2018.  What her death revealed, was the terror and racism faced by Black and Arab workers at the City Hall of Paris and how the Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo and the Mayor of the 20th arrondissement Frederique Calandra (now in charge of helping victims http://www.justice.gouv.fr/delegation-interministerielle-daide-aux-victimes-12894/frederique-calandra-nouvelle-presidente-du-cn2r-33860.html), not only failed to address the issues when raised to them, but also decided to fund the legal harrassment of those who blew the whistle. In France, only 3% of the victims of racism dare to press charges.  Quoted in this podcast: https://www.cjl.ong/?s=sabine+vorin To support my work as I have been charged for the second time in relation to our investigations on the death of Sabine Vorin, please do so here: www.yasserlouati.com  If you are a journalist who want to cover this story, please DM me on https://twitter.com/yasserlouati  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lebreakdown/message

William Maynard Hutchins is a professor emeritus at Appalachian State University and an award-winning translator of Arabic literature, most famous for his work on “The Cairo Trilogy” by Egyptian Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz. In this podcast, he joins New Lines' Kevin Blankinship to discuss his long and storied career. They discuss how he began his career, what it was like working with figures like Mahfouz and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, and why, even after retirement, he continues to translate new novels. Produced by Joshua Martin

Née en Égypte, vivant désormais au Canada, Iman Mersal était jusqu'ici reconnue comme l'une des figures du renouveau poétique égyptien (poèmes réunis dans Des choses m'ont échappé, magnifiquement traduits en français par Richard Jacquemond et publiés chez Actes Sud/Sindbad). La voici désormais romancière, couronnée par le prix littéraire Sheikh Zayed, le plus prestigieux du monde arabe pour la première fois décerné à une femme. Iman Mersal est donc partie Sur les traces d'Enayat Zayyat, jeune écrivaine égyptienne qui s'est suicidée en 1963, à l'âge de 26 ans. Autrice d'un seul livre, qu'elle avait cherché en vain à publier et qui n'est paru qu'à titre posthume quatre ans après sa mort, son nom a été rayé de l'histoire de la littérature égyptienne des années 1960, période pourtant féconde qui vit s'affirmer les tenants du nouveau roman arabe dans le sillage du grand Naguib Mahfouz. C'est par hasard qu'Iman Mersal a découvert dans les rayons d'un bouquiniste L'Amour et le silence, le livre d'Enayat Zayyat, qui l'a conduit à s'embarquer dans une entreprise singulière, bien plus qu'une enquête littéraire passionnante et une plongée dans l'archive, bien plus qu'un essai féministe ou qu'une tentative de réhabilitation biographique à l'aune des enjeux politiques et sociétaux de l'Égypte nassérienne. Rarement une quête documentaire n'aura été aussi bien transformée en un immense objet littéraire. Avec Trésor national, Sedef Ecer fait le portrait d'une Turquie marquée par quatre coups d'État, à travers celui d'une actrice de cinéma, Esra Zaman, trésor d'un cinéma turc qui a connu son apogée dans les années 1960-70. Cette histoire nous est racontée par Hülya, la fille d'Esra, qui se fait désormais appeler Julya depuis qu'elle a coupé tout lien avec sa mère et quitté son pays natal pour s'installer à Paris. Le putsch raté de juillet 2016 l'oblige à se souvenir d'une enfance passée sur les plateaux, de la diva flamboyante qu'était sa mère, de la disparition non élucidée de son père, de cette Turquie laïque qui n'est plus. Malgré les tourments de l'histoire, sa mère n'a pas changé : elle continue à vivre dans l'illusion du cinéma, pour ses rôles et sa gloire. Elle prépare le dernier spectacle de sa vie, son enterrement somptueux au Théâtre de la ville d'Istanbul, et s'est mise en tête que sa fille en écrive le discours. Hülya hésite puis se décide : elle écrira l'histoire de cette mère qui l'a si peu été, cette femme à la fois soleil et démon. Deux pays auscultés par des procédés littéraires différents – fiction et non-fiction –, deux âges d'or à la fois réels et fantasmés qu'Iman Mersal et Sedef Ecer mettent au jour avec un grand art du récit. ___ À lire Sedef Ecer, Trésor national, JC Lattès, 2021. Iman Mersal, Sur les traces d'Enyat Zayyat, traduit de l'arabe (Égypte) par Richard Jacquemond, Actes Sud, 2021. ___ Une rencontre avec Sedef Ecer et Iman Mersal animée par Élodie Karaki et enregistr ée en public le 17 juillet 2021 dans les jardins de l'IMéRA à Marseille, lors de la 5e édition du festival Oh les beaux jours !.  ___ Un podcast produit par Des livres comme des idées. Montage : Clément Lemariey Voix : Benoît Paqueteau Musique : The Unreal Story of Lou Reed by Fred Nevché & French 79 2022 © Oh les beaux jours !.  

SELECTED SHORTS host Meg Wolitzer presents three provocative works about rituals that reshape and define their characters. In “oh she gotta head fulla hair,” by Ntozake Shange, a woman's attention to her hair consumes her life. The reader is Tamara Tunie. In “Half a Day,” by Naguib Mahfouz, performed by Bruce Altman, time collapses and a lifetime goes by in a flash.  And in Charles Baxter's “Fenstad's Mother,” a mother and son rehearse old patterns and find new ones. The reader is Edie Falco. Join and give!: https://donatenow.networkforgood.org/symphonyspacenyc?code=Splashpage See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All this season, we will be doing short book-quiz episodes with prizes donated by ten distinguished publishers. We give the answer to the question from Episode 81, “Naguib Mahfouz's Banned Book” and a new challenge for listeners, regarding one of the books we discussed in Episode 82: “The Men Who Swallowed the Sun,” which features Bedouin migration from Egypt to Libya. Send your best guesses to bulaq@sowt.com. The first listener to respond with the right answer will get a book in the mail! 

Primeiro livro da "Trilogia do Cairo" do egipcio Naguib Mahfouz, Nobel da Literatura em 1988. Ed E -primatur. Trad. Badr Hassanein e Margarida Abrantes

What was so controversial about Children of the Alley, leading to it being banned for years in Egypt and to an attempt on the author's life? How and when was it published, criticized, understood?  Mohamed Shoair delves into all of this in his literary investigation The Story of the Banned Book: Naguib Mahfouz's Children Of The Alley (trans. Humphrey Davies). It's a study of literary censorship and of the fight between artistic expression and religious and political authority in Egypt from the 1950s through today.  The Story of the Banned Book: Naguib Mahfouz's Children of the Alley will be available soon from AUC Press. An excerpt is available at the AUC Press website, as is the book's table of contents.

In this conversation, we talked to Roger Allen about  his career in translating the works of renowned Arab authors such as Naguib Mahfouz. Allen translated Mahfouz's God's World, that being the collection mentioned in the published citation of the Nobel Literature Prize Committee in 1988.Created & hosted by Mikey Muhanna, afikra Edited by: Ramzi RammanTheme music by: Tarek Yamani https://www.instagram.com/tarek_yamani/About the afikra Conversations:Our long-form interview series features academics, arts, ‎and media experts who are helping document and/or shape the history and culture of the Arab world through their ‎work. Our hope is that by having the guest share their expertise and story, the community still walks away with newfound curiosity - and maybe some good recommendations about new nerdy rabbit holes to dive into headfirst. ‎Following the interview, there is a moderated town-hall-style Q&A with questions coming from the live virtual audience ‎on Zoom.‎ Join the live audience: https://www.afikra.com/rsvp   FollowYoutube - Instagram (@afikra_) - Facebook - Twitter Support www.afikra.com/supportAbout afikra:‎afikra is a movement to convert passive interest in the Arab world to active intellectual curiosity. We aim to collectively reframe the dominant narrative of the region by exploring the histories and cultures of the region- past, present, and future - through conversations driven by curiosity. Read more about us on  afikra.com

According to Egyptian novelist and pulitzer prize winner Naguib Mahfouz (nuh·geeb·maa·fooz) we can tell whether those around us are clever by their answers. However, we can tell if people are wise by the questions they ask. For anyone out there striving to embody that wisdom by having a mind full of good questions and solid questioning strategies, this is the episode for you!

Today's episode features a conversation with Robin Dougherty, Librarian for Middle East Studies, and Interim Librarian for African Studies at Yale University. The interview was conducted by Matthew Ismail, Editor in chief of the Charleston Briefings and Conference Director at the Charleston Conference.  Robin has been a librarian for 26 years, the last 10 of those being spent at Yale.  Robin's first major job was at University of Pennsylvania as a Middle East Studies bibliographer. She then worked at University of Texas at Austin, in Cairo at the American University in Cairo and in England working as a corporate cataloguer.  Robin was also a Senior Arabic Cataloger for the Library of Congress.   Robin talks with Matthew about first deciding to study Egyptology as a child, learning to speak Arabic in college to follow this dream, and then finding that college Arabic classes did not prepare one to effectively speak to the local population in Egypt.  Robin did two archeological expeditions and loves the movies and musical films of Egypt.  She worked in publishing at AUC Press when Naguib Mahfouz won the Nobel prize for literature and talks about how interesting it was to watch the process as they became his exclusive agent. Robin left Egypt to attend University of Michigan Library School. She talks about how difficult it can be in the U.S. to acquire materials from Middle Eastern libraries today, and how having good relationships with Middle Eastern vendors is very helpful.

Guest: Abdulrazak Gurnah | Author and Nobel Prize Literature Prize 2021 John is joined by the winner of the 2021 Nobel laureate for literature.  Abdulrazak Gurnah is a Tanzanian-born novelist and academic who is based in the United Kingdom.   The Swedish Academy shared the news on October 7th. They praised “his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugees in the gulf between cultures and continents.”  Gurnah has published 10 novels and is the 7th African to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, following Albert Camus (1957), Wole Soyinka (1986), Naguib Mahfouz (1988), Nardine Gordimer (1991), J.M Coetzee (2003), and Doris Lessing (2007).  The win is landmark. Gurnah is only the fourth black person to win the prize in its 120-year history.  Gurnah grew up on Zanzibar, off the coast of Tanzania, in the 1950s and 60s.  Several of his novels deal with leaving, dislocation and exile. In Admiring Silence, the narrator, though he builds a life and family for himself in England, finds himself neither English nor any longer Zanzibari. Prominent themes of his literature include exile, displacement and belonging, alongside colonialism and broken promises on the part of the state.  Most of his novels focus on telling stories about social and humanitarian issues, especially about war or crisis affected individuals living in the developing world that may not have the capability of telling their own stories to the world - or documenting their experiences.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Completei 1001 dias como podcaster. Falei sobre muitos temas menos da obra de Naguib Mahfouz ,mesmo assim foi uma trabalho das arábias .agradeço de coração por esses quase 3 anos sendo ouvido !! Grupo GRATUITO do telegram: t.me/caviarumaova picpay.me/sunflowerpodcasts picpay.me/caviarumaova Instagram - caviarumaova Twitter - @caviarumaova | ApoiaSe - apoia.se/carlossantoforte | Chave PIX e Email: sunflowerpodcasts@gmail.com (Obrigado Sr Zé)

In this episode, the first page of three books will be read:Everything Inside by Edwidge DanticatCrooked Hallelujah by Kelli Jo FordPalace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz

Velkommen til tredje oplæg ved dette års Arabian Nights!  Denne gang ved Jørgen Bæk Simonsen, lektor ved Mellemøststudier ved Københavns Universitet, der har forsket i arabiseringen og islamiseringen af kalifatet i den tidlige periode (tiden fra år 632 og frem til ca. 1250). Han har desuden oversat bogen 'Sultan Saladin - En mellemøstlig legende' af Jonathan Phillips (Kristeligt Dagblads Forlag) til dansk.  Oplægget var en introduktion i form af en historisk kontekst til filmen Saladin (1963), instrueret af Youssef Chahine. Jerusalem er under belejring af korsridderne, der tilmed angriber sagesløse pilgrimme på vej til Mekka. Hærføreren Saladin står i spidsen for modstandskampen, men må også slås med interne kupforsøg. Ingen ringere end nobelpristageren Naguib Mahfouz var medforfatter på filmen, og Youssef Chahine fik for første gang stillet både farver og widescreen til rådighed. Filmen var en stor publikumssucces i sin tid, og den genvises i Cinemateket fredag den 27. august kl. 21, hvis man er interesseret i at se den. Billetter kan bestilles på www.dfi.dk. God fornøjelse! 

Mallory Blunder is a flamboyant Bloomsbury playwright who receives weekly treats from a mysterious admirer. Mallory's mother Face-times him from her Torquay home atop crumbling cliffs, hoping that a marriage might be in the offing. After discussing his latest show, a genius work-in-progress, Mallory breaks the news about a terrible fate that has befallen his most virulent and vitriolic critic. His mother hatches a plan . . . PEOPLE OF BLOOMSBURY is the first heartwarming book from the Curled Up and Cozy Collection, a charming and quirky magical realism series from the author of FITZMARBURY WITCHES, #1 Amazon Best Seller in several dark fiction categories. Audio drama exclusive preview! Allow me to introduce you to your eccentric new London neighbours! Some harbour secrets. Some stumble, tumble, or tiptoe through their days. Others hurtle towards outlandish destinies. PEOPLE OF BLOOMSBURY is as snug as an English country village, as intriguing as a Miss Marple mystery, and as enthralling as Tales of the City. This book is a literary antidote to the lock-down blues. PEOPLE OF BLOOMSBURY is available on Amazon from September, 2021. Be enchanted by author D. J. Swales' debut feel-good novel of spell-binding and quirky magical realism fiction. The pages of PEOPLE OF BLOOMSBURY will charm readers of Strange Weather in Tokyo, Tales of the City, One Hundred Years of Solitude, Convenience Store Woman, The Diary of Adrian Mole, The Nakano Thrift Shop, and Palace Walk. Meet these neighbours and more: Josie is an nocturnal neighbourhood seer and midnight street dancer. Mr. Bootle is the owner of an esoteric bookshop haunted by a ghost named Jemima. Jasper Mince lives a clandestine rent-free life under the bed of an unwitting local resident. Mallory Blunder is a flamboyant purple-gowned theatre impresario who swings from one stage disaster to another. Mrs. Sorpresa owns and runs a cavernous invitation-only Colombian cafe and bakery, while quietly nursing a broken heart . Mrs. Hargreaves and her two children cultivate a fifth floor ramshackle balcony farm nicknamed, The Hanging Gardens of Bloomsbury. Danny Savarino must confront the disappearance of his parents and and investigate their mysterious sightings around the world. Listen now, your new neighbours are waiting . . . Be charmed by this first book in the CURLED UP AND COZY COLLECTION, a series of charming short-chapter books inspired by Japanese popular fiction authors such as Hiromi Kawakami, Sayaka Murata, and Haruki Murakami, and the work of Armistead Maupin, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Naguib Mahfouz, Sue Townsend, Salley Vickers, and Matt Haig. Enjoy this audio drama exclusive preview podcast. This author is an independent creative. Please support him on PATREON or PAYPAL.

This episode focuses on Driss Chraibi's The Simple Past (Le Passé Simple), a Moroccan novel about a very angry young man in revolt against his father's tyranny and the hypocrisies of his colonial education. Back in 1954, it was compared to an explosion – and it still packs a punch today.  Show Notes: The Simple Past was newly re-issued from NYRB Classics in Hugh A. Harter's 1990 translation, with a new introduction from Adam Shatz. Shatz's introduction is available online at the NYR Daily. Excerpts from Chraibi's interview with Federico Arbós can be found at Fragmentos de la entrevista con Federico Arbós, El Mundo/La Esfera, 28/3/92. This episode also references Naguib Mahfouz's Cairo Trilogy and the father figure of Si Sayyed; Waguih Ghali's Beer in the Snooker Club; and Tayib Saleh's Season of Migration to the North.

Have you ever tried to learn a language but found the process challenging and dull? Or maybe you were blessed with a special teacher that made learning an enjoyable and memorable experience.My guest this week is Dr. Ramzi Salti, a recipient of the Stanford Dean's Award for Distinguished Teaching. He is an author, a radio host and a lecturer in Arabic at Stanford University for over twenty years. He believes language goes hand in hand with learning about the culture and introduces his students to all styles of Arabic music and popular TV shows in an interactive and modern way.Today, we discuss how we met on his radio show Arabology, after my sketches from The Rania Show became a big part of his teaching. Ramzi describes how he broke free from teaching Arabic in the traditional way and how he started his Radio show in English during the Arab Spring in 2011. He also discusses his book "The Native Informant" tackling culture, family issues, and sexuality and going viral before viral even existed in 1994.In this episode, you will learn:Dr.Ramzi explains why he thinks podcasts are here to stay. (1:40)Dr.Ramzi talks about growing up in Lebanon before the civil war broke out in 1975 and his family moved to Jordan. (3:20)How Ramzi's mother was instrumental in him getting a PHD in the Arabic language. (5:00)What it felt like for Dr.Ramzi to receive the Stanford Dean's Award for Distinguished Teaching. (16:20)How Dr.Ramzi combined culture and language when teaching Arabic to his students (21:25)How breaking free was a process of unlearning the way he had been taught so he could make it more reachable to a new generation. (23:17)How Dr.Ramzi started his radio show at Stanford University KZSU (26:45)Discovering the groundbreaking and controversial Lebanese band Mashrou' Leila (31:58)How the series Ramy, winner of a Golden Globe award in 2021, was appreciated and accepted in the Arab world after it got the stamp of western legitimacy (34:38)How Rami Malek won the Oscar for playing the part of Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody. (36:08)Dr.Salti tackled feminism and homosexuality in 1994 when he published his book The Native Informant ( six tales of defiance from the Arab world). (38:04)Dr.Ramzi Salti describes how proud he felt to be published by Three Continents Press who were famous for translating Noble prize winner author Naguib Mahfouz's books.(44:42)A reading of one of Dr.Ramzi's short stories Vivian and Her Son which is now out of print (52:00)Connect with Ramzi:Arabology Blog: arabology.orgArabology YouTube Channel: youtube.com/RamziSaltiArabology on Facebook: facebook.com/arabologyArabology Podcasts: soundcloud.com/arabology/setsStanford Profile: profiles.stanford.edu/ramzi-salti LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ramzisaltiLet's connect!FacebookInstagramTwitterLinkedInWebsiteResources mentioned:ArabologyFairuzMashrou' LeilaRamy YoussefHiam AbbasRami MalekBohemian RhapsodyThe Native Informant and other storiesThree continents pressNaguib Mahfouz Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We talk to humorist Karl Sharro about the origins story of his Twitter alter-ego Karl ReMarks and about finding the ideal online nemesis. Marcia takes issue with a new book listing the “hundred best novels in translation.”  Show notes Karl Sharro spoke about Karl ReMarks' new book, And then God Created the Middle East and Said ‘Let There Be Breaking News' (and Analysis). The book is forthcoming July 9. Boyd Tonkin's The 100 Best Novels in Translation was released June 21. The two Arabic novels that made the list were Tayeb Salih's Season of Migration to the North, translated by Denys Johnson-Davies, and Naguib Mahfouz's Cairo Trilogy, translated by William Maynard Hutchins, Olive E. Kenny, Lorne M. Kenny, and Angele Botros Samaan. The translation was overseen by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, along with Martha Levin, and their notes on the manuscript can be found at the Lilly Library Manuscript Collections. You can read the Amazon press release online about how the mega-corporation has (finally) launched some 12,000 Arabic ebooks into the Kindle system. You can find and purchase them on Amazon.com.

Richard returns! We discuss the famous Al-Karnak (Karnak Café) directed byAli Badr Kahn in 1975. A political film, a critique of the previous regime, based on a novella by Naguib Mahfouz, and a 'model of de-Nasserfication'. The film is pulpy, melodramatic, sensationalist, a box-office smash. A very interesting work to discuss in relation to Chahine's The Sparrow (1972), which deals with similar subject matter but in a a very different way. Ali Badr Kahn and Mahfouz had previously collaborated with Chahine as well so the film is an interesting to focus to a whole series of issues that intersect with Chahine's work.

Egypt is often the focus of religious and political histories of early twentieth century. The striking hardening of nationalist and Islamic movements within Arab societies during this period is frequently described through the growth of the Muslim Brotherhood, specific pan-Arab ideals, or questions of Egyptian identity under Gamal Abdel Nasser. However, the religious and political spheres intersected within new forms of Egyptian cultural production.  In Islam and the Culture of Modern Egypt: From the Monarchy to the Republic (Cambridge University Press, 2018), Mohammad Salama, Professor at San Francisco State University, explores how Egyptian authors and filmmakers articulate the role of religion and the nation in the lives of the modern subject. He provides a short genealogy of Arabic literature in the first half of the twentieth century that address questions of nationalism and Islamism and demonstrates how authors oscillate between tradition and secular values in modern Egypt. In our conversation we discuss the religious and political contexts of 20th century Egypt, British imperialism, the emergence of the novel in Egypt, well-known authors Taha Husayn, Naguib Mahfouz, and Yusuf Idris, the Muslim Brotherhood, short stories, theatre, national identity, and director Youssef Chahine. Kristian Petersen is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy & Religious Studies at Old Dominion University. You can find out more about his work on his website, follow him on Twitter @BabaKristian, or email him at kpeterse@odu.edu.

We take a look at a new book about the architecture of twentieth century Cairo, and discuss the Egyptian capital's past, present and future, and the way writers have shaped our view of it.   Show Notes: Mohamed Elshahed's architectural survey Cairo Since 1900: An Architectural Guide is newly released from AUC Press, with a foreward by Mercedes Volait.  Elshahed's longtime blog, Cairobserver, is a must-read for anyone interested in the built world.  Another recent book that maps Cairo is Humphrey Davies and Lesley Lababidi's A Field Guide to the Street Names of Central Cairo; N.A. Mansour recently wrote about both A Field Guide and Cairo Since 1900 in “Two New Books Preserving Cairo's Urban Landscape.”  Tawfiq al-Hakim's The Prison of Life: An Autobiographical Essay, in which he describes his father's time as an amateur architect, was translated by Pierre Cachia. Other Egyptian literary works that feature architects include Reem Bassiouney's novel Mortal Designs, translated by Melanie Magidow, and Naguib Mahfouz's play The Legacy.  Also discussed in this episode are Hamdi Abu Golayyel's novels Thieves in retirement (trans. Marilyn Booth) and A Dog With No Tale (trans. Robin Moger).

Show Notes and Links to Huda Al-Marashi's Work On Episode 26, Pete is honored to speak with Huda Al-Marashi, fellow Santa Clara Bronco alum and writer extraordinaire. They discuss, among other topics, the process of writing and publishing her novel, the writer's daily life, target audiences in writing, the "white gaze," and Huda's inspirations in life and in literature. Huda Al-Marashi is the Iraqi-American author of First Comes Marriage: My Not-So-Typical American Love Story, a book the Washington Post called "a charming, funny, heartbreaking memoir of faith, family, and the journey to love. If Jane Austen had grown up as a first-gen daughter of Iraqi parents in the 1990s, she might have written this.” Excerpts from this memoir have also been anthologized in Love Inshallah: The Secret Love Lives of Muslim American Women, Becoming: What Makes a Woman, and Beyond Belief: The Secret Lives of Women and Extreme Religion. Her other writing has appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, LA Times, al Jazeera, and elsewhere. She is the recipient of a Cuyahoga County Creative Workforce Fellowship and an Aspen Summer Words Emerging Writer Fellowship. First Comes Marriage was longlisted for the Chautauqua Prize and a finalist for the Southern California Independent Booksellers' Award. Huda currently resides in California with her husband and three children. Huda Al-Marashi's Website “A Birthday at the Cemetery” Huda's essay published in 2020 in The New York Times Pete discusses the chill-inducing ending of “A Birthday at the Cemetery” on Episode 16 Huda reads “An Index of Small Stings,” Oct. 2, 2020, as part of “Voices of California” Buy Huda's Wonderful Book Here-First Comes Marriage: My Not-So-Typical American Love Story Buzzfeed Video Features Huda Discussing Debunking Stereotypes about Arranged Marriages   Authors/Books Mentioned and Allusions Referenced During the Episode: Edward Said's Orientalism Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell Egyptian novelist Naguib Mahfouz, Writer of The Cairo Trilogy    

There are many classic trilogies of books known and loved the world over, and some that are lesser known but well worth diving into. In this episode, Jude and John recommend some of their favorite Trilogies and discuss why they are worth the investment of your time and energies. Ranging from epic fantasy quests to existential mysteries to poetic elegies of a fading time and culture, this discussion covers a ton of ground and should have something for just about any reader. It's a 3-for-1 special on the latest installment of the Book XChange! BOOKS DISCUSSED/MENTIONED/RECOMMENDED IN THIS EPISODE: Trilogies recommended by both John and Jude: The Lord of the Rings trilogy (The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, Return of the King) - J. R. R. Tolkien The Border trilogy (All the Pretty Horses, The Crossing, Cities of the Plain) - Cormac McCarthy The New York trilogy (City of Glass, Ghosts, The Locked Room) - Paul Auster Other titles from Jude: Current read: 'The Mirror and the Light,' Hilary Mantel Other recommended trilogies: The Divine Comedy trilogy by Dante Alighieri, the Los Angeles trilogy by James Ellroy, the Foundation trilogy by Isaac Asimov, the Southern Reach trilogy by Jeff VanDerMeer Upcoming read: 'Paper Doll'/'Project X,' Jim Shepard Other titles from John: Current read: Various short stories by Jim Shepard Other recommended trilogies: The Africa trilogy by Chinua Achebe, the Cairo trilogy by Naguib Mahfouz, the Barrytown trilogy by Roddy Doyle Upcoming read: Various short stories by Jim Shepard (in preparation for Episode 12)

  We discuss a book that tells the stories of women who rallied to ISIS; one that focuses on a Franco-Moroccan family grappling with the end of colonialism; and a picaresque, satirical novel  from 1940s Egypt that has been recently re-discovered. Show Notes: Ursula's review of Guest House for Young Widows, a book about women who joined ISIS, appeared in the last issue of The Point magazine. It references a few other books, such as Dunya Mikhail's  The Beekeeper of Sinjar (which gathers the testimonies of Yazidi women enslaved by ISIS) and David Thomson's The Returned, about French jihadis. Ursula's review of the Moroccan-French author Leila Slimani's latest novel, Le Pays des Autres, will be out soon in the New York Review of books. Slimani's The Perfect Nanny was an international best-seller; her new book is part of a planned historical trilogy set in Morocco. Adel Kamel's long-forgotten, now-remembered classic Malim al-Akbar recently appeared in English as The Magnificent Conman of Cairo. A special section on ArabLit marks the launch. Literary detective Mohamed Shoair is author of the acclaimed 2018 popular history Children of the Alley: The Story of the Forbidden Novel, which follows the story of Naguib Mahfouz's most controversial novel. A chapter of Shoair's book appears online in Samah Selim's translation. Mahfouz talks briefly about the Harafish, his circle of literary friends, in Naguib Mahfouz at Sidi Gaber: Reflections of a Nobel Laureate, 1994-2001, from conversations with Mohamed Salmawy. Albert Cossery was a French writer of Levantine origin, born in Cairo. Although he settled in Paris in 1945, he set all his wonderful novels — about criminals, layabouts and would-be revolutionaries — in Egypt or the middle east.  The crime issue of ArabLit Quarterly is available now.

We take a look at a new book about the architecture of twentieth century Cairo, and discuss the Egyptian capital's past, present and future, and the way writers have shaped our view of it.   Show Notes: Mohamed Elshahed's architectural survey Cairo Since 1900: An Architectural Guide is newly released from AUC Press, with a foreward by Mercedes Volait.  Elshahed's longtime blog, Cairobserver, is a must-read for anyone interested in the built world.  Another recent book that maps Cairo is Humphrey Davies and Lesley Lababidi's A Field Guide to the Street Names of Central Cairo; N.A. Mansour recently wrote about both A Field Guide and Cairo Since 1900 in “Two New Books Preserving Cairo's Urban Landscape.”  Tawfiq al-Hakim's The Prison of Life: An Autobiographical Essay, in which he describes his father's time as an amateur architect, was translated by Pierre Cachia. Other Egyptian literary works that feature architects include Reem Bassiouney's novel Mortal Designs, translated by Melanie Magidow, and Naguib Mahfouz's play The Legacy.  Also discussed in this episode are Hamdi Abu Golayyel's novels Thieves in retirement (trans. Marilyn Booth) and A Dog With No Tale (trans. Robin Moger).

للاستماع إلى بودكاست بعد أمس http://aj.audio/click  This episode focuses on Driss Chraibi's The Simple Past (Le Passé Simple), a Moroccan novel about a very angry young man in revolt against his father's tyranny and the hypocrisies of his colonial education. Back in 1954, it was compared to an explosion – and it still packs a punch today.  Show Notes: The Simple Past was newly re-issued from NYRB Classics in Hugh A. Harter's 1990 translation, with a new introduction from Adam Shatz. Shatz's introduction is available online at the NYR Daily. Excerpts from Chraibi's interview with Federico Arbós can be found at Fragmentos de la entrevista con Federico Arbós, El Mundo/La Esfera, 28/3/92. This episode also references Naguib Mahfouz's Cairo Trilogy and the father figure of Si Sayyed; Waguih Ghali's Beer in the Snooker Club; and Tayib Saleh's Season of Migration to the North.

Comedian Al Murray, aka The Pub Landlord, and Egyptian political economist Tarek Osman discuss their favourite books with presenter Harriett Gilbert. Al's choice is Catch-22 by Joseph Heller. Tarek's is the controversial Egyptian novel Children of the Alley by Naguib Mahfouz, and Harriett picks Everyman by Philip Roth. Producer Beth O'Dea.