British mandate of Palestine and Transjordan and EgyptEgypt Desiree / December 16, 2025 Najīb Maḥfūẓ (1911 – 2006, Egypt) – Bidāyah wa-Nihāyah (1949, English trans. The Beginning and the End, 1985). This novel…
British mandate of Palestine and Transjordan and EgyptTransjordan Desiree / December 16, 2025 Fadia Faqir (1956-, Jordan) – Pillars of Salt (1996). Maha and Umm Sad share a room in a mental hospital
British mandate of Palestine and Transjordan and EgyptPalestine Desiree / December 16, 2025 During the British Mandate, Palestinian literature was deeply shaped by expanding censorship, political repression, and the growing need for writers
Occupations, Professions and HobbiesArchitecture Desiree / December 6, 2025 Rīm Bassīyūnī (1973 – , Egypt) – Mārīyū wa Abū al-ʿAbbās (2023, English trans. Mario and Abu L- Abbas, 2025).
The MarginalizedBedouin Desiree / September 10, 2025 ʿAdanīyah Shiblī (1974- Palestine) – Tafṣīl Thānawī (2017, English Trans. Minor Detail, 2020). In 2004, the nameless female narrator from
MarriageMarriage admin / April 15, 2025 For more relationships see also L: Love, Lust, and Relationships Salwā Bakr’s (1949-, Egypt) short story ‘ʿAn al-Rūḥ allatī Suriqat
Prison literature and TorturePrison literature and Torture admin / April 3, 2025 Sinān Anṭūn (1967-, Iraq) – Iʿjam (2002, English trans. Iʿjam: An Iraqi Rhapsody, 2006). When in the archives of the
2010 – 20202017 Donald Trump President of the USA admin / March 15, 2025 Edited by Sarah Cleave, Banthology (2018) is a collection of seven stories, in English, of writers from the original “banned
2010 – 20202015 – 2016 European Migrant Crisis admin / March 15, 2025 In the years of 2015 and 2016 the European Union saw an unprecedented influx of refugees and migrants, something which
