Author: Ahmed Naji -أحمد ناجى
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Immigrant in Zero act
why were the bodies and rights of slaves considered part of the legal system in the 19th century, while today’s immigrants are not?
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Lina Mounzer: Rotten Evidence: Ahmed Naji Writes About Writing in PrisonLina Mounzer:
Published: Rotten Evidence: Ahmed Naji Writes About Writing in Prison – The Markaz Review By now, the story has become the standard addendum following any introduction of Ahmed Naji’s name: in 2015, an excerpt from the young Egyptian writer’s second novel, Using Life, was published in a literary supplement in Cairo. A…
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Statement on Sawiris Cultural Award
I sincerely thank the Sawiris Cultural Award jury for selecting my novel ‘The Happy Endings’ for the youth’s Best Novel category. I am proud of this achievement because this award is one of the few Arabic literary awards given by a non-governmental organization, and I am honored to have my…
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(In WashingtonPost ) Locked up in an Egyptian prison, I found solace in the library
In this excerpt from his memoir, ‘Rotten Evidence,’ Ahmed Naji explores the role that books played in his life Perspective by Ahmed Naji November 2, 2023 at 1:30 p.m. EDT In 2016, Ahmed Naji served 10 months of a two-year prison sentence in Egypt for “violating public decency” in his novel…
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Imprisoned for His Writing, Ahmed Naji Found Freedom in Literature (Interview with Mona Kareem)
This interview was published in: Imprisoned for His Writing, Ahmed Naji Found Freedom in Literature – The Millions For my millennial generation of Arabic writers, Ahmed Naji is a name we associate with play and risk. Naji is a practitioner of humor and sarcasm, profanity and sex positivity, all interwoven with a…
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Writing Sex in Arabic Literature: Ahmed Naji Narrates His Own Obscenity Trial
This excerpt was published : Writing Sex in Arabic Literature: Ahmed Naji Narrates His Own Obscenity Trial ‹ Literary Hub (lithub.com) Sometime in the early twentieth century, a large subgroup of Arabic words and expressions referring to sex and sexual organs began to disappear from printed books, as if the…
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“Ich habe mich über das Gefängnis lustig gemacht”
2016 bekam der ägyptische Schriftsteller Ahmed Naji ein Jahr Gefängnis, weil er mit einem Roman angeblich die “öffentliche Moral“ verletzt hatte. Mit schwarzem Humor gibt Naji in seinem neuen Buch “Rotten Evidence“ einen Einblick in den ebenso banalen wie grausamen Alltag in ägyptischen Gefängnissen. Von Hannah El-Hitami n Ihrem neuen Buch “Rotten Evidence“ schreiben…
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In Rotten Evidence, the author breaks bonds both literary and political
Read the review also here: Scott Dickensheets (knpr.org) Nevada Public Radio | By Scott Dickensheets In Rotten Evidence, the author breaks bonds both literary and political I can’t think of any literary genre that lies as habitually about its subject, or is as artistically lazy while claiming authenticity, as prison literature.” This…
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Mahraganat: Echoes of the BattleMahraganat:
Translated by Humphrey Davies Mahraganat music has provoked a major debate between its detractors and its supporters. It has gained huge listening and viewing percentages and been subjected to violent attack from the media and officialdom. In this article, writer and music critic Ahmed Naji examines the growth, evolution, production…
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