The Markaz Review Interview—Faïza Guène
Melissa Chemam interviews the French-Algerian novelist Faïza Guène on the publication of her novel Discretion in English translation.
Tag: Arabic literature
Al-Koni’s Tuareg Perspective on Islam’s Conquest of North Africa
Iason Athanasiadis reviews the new Ibrahim al-Koni translation of a story that recounts Islam's conquest of North Africa.
Truth or Dare? Reinterpreting Al-Harīrī’s Arab Rogue
Farah Abdessamad reviews a new English translation of Impostures from Basra-born Al-Hariri that revives the "eloquent rogue" genre of classical Arabic literature.