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“The Followers”—a short story by Youssef Manessa

“The Followers”—a short story by Youssef Manessa

A selfish loser walks away from wasta and the Za’im' nefarious agenda he created and instrumentalized in this...

DECEMBER 3, 2023 • By Youssef Manessa
“Pakistani Bureaucrats & The Booze Permit”—a story by Tariq Mehmood

“Pakistani Bureaucrats & The Booze Permit”—a story by Tariq Mehmood

Novelist and filmmaker Tariq Mehmood weaves a tale of wasta, women and booze in Rawalpindi.

JUNE 14, 2021 • By Tariq Mehmood
Lebanon’s Wasta Has Contributed to the Country’s Collapse

Lebanon’s Wasta Has Contributed to the Country’s Collapse

Novelist Samir El-Youssef recalls adolescent challenges and more recent experience where wasta was a necessity.

JUNE 14, 2021 • By Tariq Mehmood
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...

JUNE 14, 2021 • By Ahmed Naji
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