prison literature

Prison and the Writer: Interview with Palestinian Nasser Abu Srour

Prison and the Writer: Interview with Palestinian Nasser Abu Srour

Palestinian writer Nasser Abu Srour, finally free after 32 years in Israeli prisons, speaks to interviewer Rebecca Ruth...

30 JANUARY 2026 • By Rebecca Ruth Gould
Liberation Cosplay: on the Day of the Imprisoned Writer

Liberation Cosplay: on the Day of the Imprisoned Writer

Events like the Day of the Imprisoned Writer risk becoming mere spectacles until they challenge the status quo.

15 NOVEMBER 2024 • By Abdelrahman ElGendy
Rotten Evidence: Ahmed Naji Writes About Writing in Prison

Rotten Evidence: Ahmed Naji Writes About Writing in Prison

In tone, "Rotten Evidence" is cynical, bitterly funny, and oftentimes tender without ever being sentimental, writes Lina Mounzer.

12 FEBRUARY 2024 • By Lina Mounzer
Nov 2022 BookGroup Selection is “I Will Never See the World Again” by Ahmet Altan

Nov 2022 BookGroup Selection is “I Will Never See the World Again” by Ahmet Altan

Ahmet Altan, one of Turkey's best-known novelists was locked up in prison, the key thrown away.

27 OCTOBER 2022 • By
Nawal El-Saadawi, a Heroine in Prison

Nawal El-Saadawi, a Heroine in Prison

Ibrahim Fawzy remembers the late, great Egyptian feminist author, doctor and activist Nawal El-Saadawi.

15 OCTOBER 2022 • By Ibrahim Fawzy
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