contemporary Arab literature
Ezzat al-Kamhawi’s ‘House of al-Deeb’ wins 2012 Naguib Mahfouz Medal
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December 12, 2012
Ezzat al-Kamhawi’s ‘House of al-Deeb’ wins 2012 Naguib Mahfouz Medal
On Tuesday night, judges announced that Egyptian author Ezzat al-Kamhawi’s generational novel “Bayt al-Deeb” (“House of al-Deeb”) had won the…
‘Bye Bye Babylon’: War through the eyes of a child
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October 16, 2011
‘Bye Bye Babylon’: War through the eyes of a child
Lamia Ziade’s “Bye Bye Babylon: Beirut 1975-1979” opens with bright, pop-art representations of US and UK products. We see Bazooka…