In Conversation with Mona Chollet In residence in the Centre Pompidou in Paris, since fall 2001, the Iraqi writer Alia Mamdouh outlines her position as an indomitable and marginal writer who has always struggled for the right to explore her own creativity. Through her tough, violent, sensual writing she seeks…
By Maria Karkour Image credit: Creative Commons/benuski To broaden your horizons through reading, here are some book titles recommended by one expert AUP faculty member. Known Palestinian scholar Edward Said writes in his book Orientalism, "The Orient and Islam have a kind of external, phenomenologically reduced status that puts them…
Soha Hesham , Wednesday 15 Jan 2020 Main Mohamed Berrada, Rasael Min Emraa Mokhtafia DeelFacebookTwitterWhatsAppTelegramLinkedIn Mohamed Berrada, Rasael Min Emraa Mokhtafia (Letters from a Woman Who Disappeared), Almutawassit Books, 2019, pp158 After she disappears, we read the old letters of a woman journalist, Jazibia Abdel-Aziz, to her secret lover Himan…
MEGAN MARZ OCTOBER 4, 2005 PUBLISHED IN OCTOBER 24, 2005 Naphtalene, the first novel by an Iraqi woman to be published in the United States, has taken a long time to arrive here. A small Cairo press first published Alia Mamdouh’s second novel in 1986, just a few years after…
Author(s): Fatemeh Kazemi * , Mojtaba Behroozi , Morteza Zare Beromi Message: Article Type: Research/Original Article Abstract: Introduction Literature brings us to the brink of existence. Its imaginary landscapes invite the reader to be a voyager filled with wonder, but the prospect of the marvelous that dazzles the eye may…
Author: Lisa Kaaki | Special to Review Publication Date: Thu, 2007-03-08 03:00 ALIA Mamdouh’s novel ‘Al-Mahbubat‘ released in 2003, received the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature in 2004. It has just been published in English by The American University in Cairo Press. Its title, “The Loved Ones,” refers to the…
Paris, September 2004. Translated By Catherine Cobham Smoke During the burning of Baghdad by American missiles last year, my eyes, my body, my bones became swollen with weeping. I had kept silent as my soul disintegrated, but now weeping was my sole pleasure, apart from her, Hélène. I picked up…
The Iraqi novelist, who was shortlisted for this year's International Prize for Arabic Fiction, felt as if she was being 'led on' by her main character in 'The Tank' Alia Mamdouh was working on her next novel, Without Clothes, when she heard the news of the port explosion in Beirut…
Alia Mamdouh, born 1944 in Baghdad, Iraq Work Experience: 1971 BA in Psychology from the Mustansariya University in Baghdad 1972 – 1973 Main editor of the monthly Majallat Al-Ulum (Magazine of Sciences) in Beirut 1973 – 1975 Editor of Majallat Al-Fikr al-Mu’asir (Magazine of Modern Thought) in Beirut; 12 volumes…
by Alia Mamdouh, translated by Peter Theroux A strong-willed girl’s life in 1950s Baghdad, depicted by an award-winning Iraqi writer. Mamdouh, winner of the 2004 Naguib Mahfouz Prize for Literature, employs shifts of narrative perspective and a sophisticated technique in this affectionate but critical dissection of her culture. Huda, at…
Amal Amireh, USA/Palestine September 1, 1996 "ARABIC is a controversial language," Edward Said was once told. This intriguing statement by a New York publisher was offered as an explanation for turning down the Arabic titles that Said recommended for possible translation and publication. The awarding of the Nobel Prize to…
PERSONAL: Born 1944, in Baghdad, Iraq. Education: Mustansariya University, Baghdad, Iraq, B.A., 1971. ADDRESSES: Home—Paris, France. CAREER: Writer, editor. Majallat Al Ulum ("Magazine of Sciences"), Beirut, Lebanon, editor, 1972-73; Majallat Al-Fikr al-Mu'asir ("Magazine of Modern Thought"), Beirut, editor, 1973-75; Al-Rasid ("The Register," a weekly newspaper), Baghdad, Iraq, editor-in-chief, 1970-1982; Majallat…
By Elsa Dixler Sept. 4, 2005 IN THE PROVINCE OF SAINTS. By Thomas O'Malley. (Little, Brown, $23.95.) If the neighboring farmer's hired man "had touched a drop at all," the teenage hero of "In the Province of Saints" recalls, "he'd be singing -- some familiar Irish song about rebels or…
Kate Adie, Jeffrey Archer, Jeffery Deaver, Alia Mamdouh and Tan Twan Eng in guest list By Mariam M. Al SerkalSenior Reporter Published: 18:45 November 19, 2012 Dubai: The Emirates Airline Festival of Literature is set to host five special events for its fifth year anniversary as well as a ladies’…
