Sub-Sahara and West AfricaTanzania admin / February 10, 2025 ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Barakah Sākin (1963-, Sudan) – Samāhānī (‘Forgive me’, 2017). In the year of 1652 the Ottoman Kalief invades…
Sub-Sahara and West AfricaSouth Sudan admin / February 10, 2025 For Sudan, search ‘Sudan’ in the search tool bar. Istīlā Qāytānū’s (?, Stella Gitano, Sudan) short story collection Zuhūr
Sub-Sahara and West AfricaMauritania admin / February 10, 2025 Search for ‘Mauritania’ in the search toolbar.
Sub-Sahara and West AfricaKenya admin / February 10, 2025 Ashraf al-ʿAshmāwī (?, Egypt) – Tūyā (‘Toya’, 2012). Set in the 1970s, this novel tells the story of the young
Sub-Sahara and West AfricaEritrea admin / February 10, 2025 Ḥāmid al-Nāẓir (1975-, Sudan) – Nubūʾah al-Saqqā (‘The prophecy of Saqqa’, 2015). This novel portrays the Aḥfād (grandchildren) slaves’ struggle
Sub-Sahara and West AfricaEthiopia admin / February 10, 2025 ʿAlī Badr (?, Iraq) – La Tarkuḍ Warāʾ al-Thiʾāb ya ʿAzīzatī (‘Don’t run after the wolves my darling’, 2007). The
Outside the Arab WorldRussia and the former Soviet Union admin / February 10, 2025 Leila Aboulela (1964-, Sudan) – The Kindest of Enemies (2015). Natasha Wilson works in a Scottish university and specializes in
EuropeSwitzerland admin / February 9, 2025 Badriyyah al-Bishr (1967-, Saudi Arabia) – al-Urjūḥah (‘The swing’, 2010). This novel portrays three women from Saudi Arabia who have
EuropeSpain admin / February 9, 2025 Najat al-Hachmi (1979-, Morocco) – Jo també Sóc Catalana (‘I too am Catalan’, 2004). This is an autobiographical essay written
