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Category: TMR 4 • SMALL & INDIE PRESSES

14 December, 2020 • Nat Muller

Trembling Landscapes: Between Reality and Fiction: Eleven Artists from the Middle East*

Landscape is a charged notion in the Middle East—even the geographical term Middle East is not neutral, but Eurocentric and has its origin in colonialism. Co-curator Nat Muller explains.

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14 December, 2020 • Rebecca C. Johnson

The Mysteries of Translation in “Stranger Fictions”

Europe is the center of the world and has the literature to prove it. Or is it? Arabic and comparative literature scholar Rebecca C. Johnson makes a different argument in Stranger Fictions.

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14 December, 2020 • Faraj Bayrakdar

Freedom is femininity: Faraj Bayrakdar

18 years in the making, this winter Upset Press will publish a new volume of poems by former Syrian political prisoner and cause célèbre Faraj Bayrakdar.

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14 December, 2020 • Eman Quotah

You Drive Me Crazy, from “Bride of the Sea”

In this debut novel Eman Quotah practically delivers an epic as she writes about a Saudi family, torn between Arab and American identities and culture clashes.

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14 December, 2020 • Hassan Blasim

Hassan Blasim’s “God 99”

God 99 blurs the boundaries between fiction and autobiography, reportage and the novel. It blends the fantastic with the everyday to explore themes of exile, humanity, art and philosophy.

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14 December, 2020 • Elias Khoury

Children of the Ghetto, My Name Is Adam

With Children of the Ghetto, My Name is Adam, a lyrical story about Palestine's 1948 exodus, Elias Khoury continues his exploration of the 20th century tragedy.

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14 December, 2020 • Masoud Behnoud

History of Tehran: What Lies Beneath

One of Iran's most venerable journalists and editors gives us an insider's history of one of the world's great if lesser-known cities.

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14 December, 2020 • Kaouther Adimi

Algiers, Algeria in the novel “Our Riches”

Kaouther Adimi's historical novel departs from a famous Algerian bookstore with a connection to Albert Camus and opens a window onto Algerian independence, French colonialism and the literary voices coming out of the Maghreb.

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14 December, 2020 • Shahla Ujayli

Shahla Ujayli’s “Summer With the Enemy”

War-torn Syria isn't just about headlines. In this new novel from Shahla Ujayli, the country comes alive as seen through the eyes of three women from Raqqa.

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14 December, 2020 • Shahla Ujayli

Shahla Ujayli’s “Summer With the Enemy”

War-torn Syria isn’t just about headlines. In this new novel from Shahla Ujayli, the country comes alive as seen through the eyes of three women from Raqqa.

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