Rana Asfour reviews Libyan-American author Hisham Matar's memoir of his time in Siena, Italy.
25 APRIL 2022 • By Rana Asfour
Rana Asfour reviews the Booker Prize-nominated novel by Nadifa Mohamed based on the true story of a wrongly-convicted...
7 MARCH 2022 • By Rana Asfour
In this excerpt of the banned Jordanian novel "Laila," introduced by Rana Asfour and translated by Hajer Almosleh,...
14 FEBRUARY 2022 • By Fadi Zaghmout, Rana Asfour
Former prisoner and Egyptian writer in exile Ahmed Naji contemplates what it means to be a "brown writer"...
15 JANUARY 2022 • By Ahmed Naji, Rana Asfour
Rana Asfour shares her thoughts on the widely-celebrated book from Dina Nayeri, who writes that escaping and becoming...
15 JANUARY 2022 • By Rana Asfour
Rana Asfour provides an intimate look at two new Arab novels in translation, from Lebanese and Syrian authors.
10 JANUARY 2022 • By Rana Asfour
Rana Asfour reviews a new memoir about the legendary Dajani family, charged by a Turkish sultan with watching...
29 NOVEMBER 2021 • By Rana Asfour
Despite its repressive regimes, Saudi Arabia has produced a number of world-class novelists — several of whom have...
22 NOVEMBER 2021 • By Rana Asfour
After surviving an Egyptian prison and obtaining asylum in the United States, Ahmed Naji contemplates wasta and standing...
14 JUNE 2021 • By Ahmed Naji, Rana Asfour
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
Rana Asfour reviews the new novel by Hala Alyan, revisiting the city that marked her and the author...
9 MAY 2021 • By Rana Asfour
BookFabulous' Rana Asfour delivers capsule reviews of three recent North African novels from Libya and Morocco.
25 APRIL 2021 • By Rana Asfour
