radwa ashour

Decentralizing Tahrir Square
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Decentralizing Tahrir Square

In his 1970 Nobel lecture, Russian writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn described art and literature as “the only substitute for what we…
Radwa Ashour on the train of images of the Egyptian revolution
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Radwa Ashour on the train of images of the Egyptian revolution

“I will speak Arabic.” Those were Radwa Ashour’s first words for the keynote speech in the “Narrating the Arab Spring”…
In other words: Spotlight on Banipal Prize awardee Barbara Romaine
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In other words: Spotlight on Banipal Prize awardee Barbara Romaine

Next week, the winners of the annual Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation will be celebrated in London. When the…
Writing, teaching, living: Egyptian novelist Radwa Ashour
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Writing, teaching, living: Egyptian novelist Radwa Ashour

Celebrated author Radwa Ashour, whose Granada trilogy was voted one of the top 100 literary works by the Arab Writers…
Living with ghosts: The specters of Radwa Ashour
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Living with ghosts: The specters of Radwa Ashour

“Our society annihilates us in a thousand ways on a daily basis, so we learn gradually how to get our…
Radwa Ashour’s Tantoura: Palestinian nakba and resisting fait accompli
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Radwa Ashour’s Tantoura: Palestinian nakba and resisting fait accompli

Palestine has been ever-present in the works of Radwa Ashour, but despite this she has never written a novel directly…
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