Traps and Shadows in Noor Naga’s Egypt Novel
Ahmed Naji reviews "If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English" just out from Graywolf.
Ahmed Naji reviews "If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English" just out from Graywolf.
The Egyptian novelist and author of "Rotten Evidence: Reading and Writing in Prison" finds versions of Islam in the Nevada desert.
Former prisoner and Egyptian writer in exile Ahmed Naji contemplates what it means to be a "brown writer" in exile in America.
After surviving an Egyptian prison and obtaining asylum in the United States, Ahmed Naji contemplates wasta and standing in line.