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In his novel 'Haha... Cough Cough... I Miraculously Survived', Sudanese novelist Mustafa Khalid Mustafa portrays war as a complex human experience.

Mustafa Khalid's latest novel distills the chaos of war

In his award-winning novel 'Haha... Cough Cough... I Miraculously Survived,' six narrators give different yet intersecting accounts of Sudan's nightmarish conflict

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Basem Khandakji on exile, imprisonment, and purpose

The Palestinian novelist who won the Arabic Booker Prize in 2023 from behind Israeli prison walls speaks to Al Majalla about his extraordinary life and literary journey

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Paul Lynch, author of "Prophet Song", accepts the 2023 Booker Prize at the Winner Ceremony at Old Billingsgate in London, Britain, 26 November 2023.

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Booker Prize winner Paul Lynch: Feminine power is the social glue that holds us all together

Paul Lynch's novel Prophet Song is a terrifying masterpiece about the ascent of modern-day fascism. Al Majalla interviews the author about his award-winning novel and his writing process.

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The award-winning writer tells Al Majalla how he chronicles urban life with an eye on the country's unique heritage as well as the violent overlap between politics and crime in the present day.

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How Mexico’s Juan Villoro chronicles his homeland with an eye on social justice

The award-winning writer tells Al Majalla how he chronicles urban life with an eye on the country's unique heritage as well as the violent overlap between politics and crime in the present day.

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AUC Professor of Applied Linguistics Reem Bassiouney. (Courtesy: Reem Bassiouney)

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Egypt holds among its folds a unique elite of writers and novelists who have composed great works that are immortalized in history. These works will inspire a generation that has recently begun an…

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Award-winning novelist

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