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"Perhaps the best Arabic writer alive" writes British critic who doesn& #39;t read Arabic about an Arabic writer who gets published in translation before Arabic
"a powerful voice in Arabic poetry" declares American academic about a viral Facebook poet
"The mother of all Arabic feminist literature" declares the editor about a mother who has no children
"The Jane Austen of Arabic literature" - Edward Said about Hanan alShaykh
Jane Austen:
Jane Austen:
Year 2021
Arabic writer in translation: this book is about the Arab Spring
Arabic writer in translation: this book is about the Arab Spring
Syrian writer: this book is about a corpse
Iraq writer: this book is about a corpse that comes together with other corpses
Iraq writer: this book is about a corpse that comes together with other corpses
Saudi writer: this novel is about two lovers of different backgrounds who don& #39;t get to...
Me: yes they won& #39;t get married, the dad will lock her up and she will read Simon de Beauvoir as she weeps in her bedroom
Me: yes they won& #39;t get married, the dad will lock her up and she will read Simon de Beauvoir as she weeps in her bedroom
Palestinian writer: this is a multigenerational novel that takes place
Me: from Nakba to Naksa to Oslo, intersected by a massacre, an honor killing, a smuggling attempt, and a siege
Me: from Nakba to Naksa to Oslo, intersected by a massacre, an honor killing, a smuggling attempt, and a siege
Kuwaiti writer: this novel is racist
Me: yeah it is
Me: yeah it is
Egyptian writer: this book is about an individual who gets disillusioned with
Me: with society and politics, suffers sexual frustration, is alcoholic, goes on a quest to score hashish, all while Cairo falls apart
Me: with society and politics, suffers sexual frustration, is alcoholic, goes on a quest to score hashish, all while Cairo falls apart
Moroccan writer: this book is about
Me: a Self-loathing North African who makes it to Europe and fucks a dozen Europeans every night
Me: a Self-loathing North African who makes it to Europe and fucks a dozen Europeans every night
Sudanese writer: this book is about my grandma
Me: yo grandma is dope
Me: yo grandma is dope
Emirati writer: this is about modern Dubai and how
Me: it& #39;s full of Indian immigrants whom you really really detest
Me: it& #39;s full of Indian immigrants whom you really really detest
