Rana Asfour

I Love Wasta, Hate Standing in Line in Egypt, But I Am Poor

I Love Wasta, Hate Standing in Line in Egypt, But I Am Poor

After surviving an Egyptian prison and obtaining asylum in the United States, Ahmed Naji contemplates wasta and standing...

14 JUNE, 2021 • By Rana Asfour
The Maps of Our Destruction: Two Novels on Syria

The Maps of Our Destruction: Two Novels on Syria

Rana Asfour reviews Faysal Khartash's Roundabout of Death and Zeyn Joukhadar's The Map of Salt and Stars.

30 MAY, 2021 • By Rana Asfour
Beirut Brings a Fragmented Family Together in “The Arsonists’ City”

Beirut Brings a Fragmented Family Together in “The Arsonists’ City”

Rana Asfour reviews the new novel by Hala Alyan, revisiting the city that marked her and the author...

9 MAY, 2021 • By Rana Asfour
Three North African Novels Dance Between Colonial & Postcolonial Worlds

Three North African Novels Dance Between Colonial & Postcolonial Worlds

BookFabulous' Rana Asfour delivers capsule reviews of three recent North African novels from Libya and Morocco.

25 APRIL, 2021 • By Rana Asfour
Muhammad Malas, Syria’s Auteur, is the subject of a Film Biography

Muhammad Malas, Syria’s Auteur, is the subject of a Film Biography

Rana Asfour reviews a documentary by Nezar Andary on the Syrian auteur filmmaker, Muhammad Malas.

10 JANUARY, 2021 • By Rana Asfour
The “Surreal Hell” That Made Tahar Ben Jelloun a Writer

The “Surreal Hell” That Made Tahar Ben Jelloun a Writer

The Punishment is a first-person account from an author who considers writers to be "witnesses of history."

15 OCTOBER, 2020 • By Rana Asfour
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