Ahmed Naji

Brutally Honest Exploration of Taboo Subjects in Empty Cages

Brutally Honest Exploration of Taboo Subjects in Empty Cages

A novel that explores taboo subjects with exceptional craftsmanship, while reconstructing the “self” from pain and fragmented identities.

8 AUGUST, 2025 • By Ahmed Naji
Dune in 2024: A World Beyond Saving

Dune in 2024: A World Beyond Saving

The meta-narrative in Frank Herbert's Dune trilogy foresees the modern disaster of never-ending colonialism and a planet destroyed...

5 JULY, 2024 • By Ahmed Naji
Traps and Shadows in Noor Naga’s Egypt Novel

Traps and Shadows in Noor Naga’s Egypt Novel

Ahmed Naji reviews "If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English" just out from Graywolf.

20 JUNE, 2022 • By Ahmed Naji
“Godshow.com”—a short story by Ahmed Naji

“Godshow.com”—a short story by Ahmed Naji

The Egyptian novelist and author of "Rotten Evidence: Reading and Writing in Prison" finds versions of Islam in...

15 JUNE, 2022 • By Ahmed Naji
Taming the Immigrant: Musings of a Writer in Exile

Taming the Immigrant: Musings of a Writer in Exile

Former prisoner and Egyptian writer in exile Ahmed Naji contemplates what it means to be a "brown writer"...

15 JANUARY, 2022 • By Ahmed Naji
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 Ahmed Naji
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