FolktalesFolktales admin / January 25, 2025 This section includes literature that refers to folk believe and popular superstitions, such as fables, fairy tales, stories of magic…
Dysfunctional GovernanceMilitarism, Secret Services, and the Police State admin / January 25, 2025 Fawwāz Ḥaddād (1947-, Syria) – ʿĀzif Munfarid ʿalā al-Biyānū (‘Solo piano music’, 2009). This novel is set in a Syria
Infamous PrisonsTazmamart, Morocco admin / January 25, 2025 See also 1972: Failed Coup Morocco and the Years of Lead Aziz Binebine (1946-, Morocco) – Tazmamort récit: dix-huit
Infamous PrisonsTadmur, Syria admin / January 25, 2025 Ayman al-ʿAtūm (1972-, Jordan) – Yasmaʿūn Ḥasīsaha (‘They hear its senses’, 2012). Hero of this novel is the doctor Iyād
Infamous PrisonsUS Detention Camps admin / January 25, 2025 Muḥammad Ḥasan (?, Iraq) – Hubūṭ al-Malāʾika (‘The descent of the angels’, 2013). This novel narrates the life of Khalīl,
Prison literature and TortureFemale Prison Experiences admin / January 24, 2025 Injī Aflātūn (1924 – 1989, Egypt) – Mudhakkirat Injī Aflātūn (‘Inji Aflatun’s memoirs’, 1993), in which the painter and activist
Prison literature and TortureEffects of Prison and Torture admin / January 24, 2025 Rūzā Yāsīn Ḥassan (1974-, Syria) – Ḥurrās al-Hawāʾ (‘The guards of the air’, 2009). This novel treats the socio-political environment
Dysfunctional GovernanceOppression and Dictatorship admin / January 24, 2025 Najwā Binshatwān’s (1970-, Libya) short story collection Katālūj Ḥayah Khāṣṣah (2018, English trans. Catalogue of a Private Life, 2021) describes
Dysfunctional GovernanceGovernment (bureaucracy) and the individual admin / January 24, 2025 Basmah ʿAbd al-ʿAziz (1976-, Egypt) – al-Ṭabbūr (2013, English trans. The Queue, 2016). This novel takes place in a fictional
