Author: Ahmed Naji -أحمد ناجى
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Teresa Pepe: From Prison to the World: A Comparative Reading of Naji’s Hirz Mikamkim (Rotten Evidence, 2020) and Abd el-Fattah’s You Have Not Yet Been Defeated (2021)
Abstract This article analyses Ahmed Naji’s Hirz Mikamkim (Rotten Evidence) and Alaa Abd el-Fattah’s You Have Not Yet Been Defeated through the lens of ‘prison literature’, that is “literary works produced in, about, or through the experience of political detention” (Taleghani 13). Comparing them to previous forms of prison literature from Egypt, it shows…
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An Interview with Author Ahmed Naji and Translator Katharine Halls
by Amanda Uhle Katharine Halls won the 2024 Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation for her work as translator of Ahmed Naji’s Rotten Evidence, published in 2023 by McSweeney’s (and currently available for 20 percent off in our store). Publishers Weekly called the book “a moving testament to the power of free expression,” and…
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Gladiators, Billionaires, and The Empire Wet Panties
On the night of the election, after being announced as the next American president, he went out and delivered his victory speech. He thanked Elon Musk for his significant contributions with his “Big Rockets” and then handed the podium to a bald man whose name is not important to mention…
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New book: Imprisoning a Revolution
Writings from Egypt’s Incarcerated My collaboration with Collective Antigone finally is out, our book The book is a groundbreaking collection of writings by political prisoners in Egypt, offering a unique lens on the global rise of authoritarianism during the last decade. This book contains letters, poetry, and art produced by…
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To Understand Egypt, Meet My Friend, a Political Prisoner (NYT)
For the NYT, I wrote about Alaa, the Egyptian prison, and the dark future Egypt is heading towards : Opinion | To Understand Egypt, Meet the Political Prisoner Alaa Abd El Fattah – The New York Times Shortly after I arrived at Tora Maximum Security Prison in Cairo, a prisoner…
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At locus mag: Egypt + 100 edited by Ahmed Naji : Review by Niall Harrison
Published first here: Egypt + 100 edited by Ahmed Naji : Review by Niall Harrison – Locus Online Egypt + 100, Ahmed Naji ed. (Comma Press 9781912697700, 160pp, £9.99, tp) July 2024. From the point of view of a science fiction reviewer, Egypt + 100 marks an interesting development in Comma Press’s…
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AudioBook is out: Rotten Evidence: Reading and Writing in an Egyptian Prison
Listen Free to Rotten Evidence: Reading and Writing in an Egyptian Prison by Ahmed Naji with a Free Trial.
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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Enjoy Kamala Joys
I am not an American but an immigrant on the path to citizenship. I can’t vote, but I am brimming with enthusiasm for Kamala Harris and Tim Waltz. I can’t stop talking to everyone about how a better world we will have under both and how the future of the…