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Ten years ago, when I was Youssef Rakha and a revolution was breaking out in Tahrir Square…

Mar 21

December 2022

The opening essay of my second Mutanabbi book, translated by Robin Moger

Dec 31, 2022

The Dissenters, Emissaries; Mutanabbi II & Crocodiles III

Dec 7, 2022

October 2022

Gratitude unbound!

Oct 16, 2022

March 2022

The next one's a book!

Mar 25, 2022

January 2022

in Black and White — the New Year Special, ladies and gentleman!

Jan 9, 2022

October 2021

Shadi Abdel Salam passed away 35 years ago today, and to mark the occasion I am sharing an extract from Barra and Zaman, also by way of introducing this…

Oct 8, 2021

When he read "The Postmuslim" (more than three years after it was written), Robert K. Beshara sent me the Giorgio Agamben essay "What Is the…

Oct 2, 2021

July 2021

RAAAAUUUUGHHHH I am back, sweet victims. You too will soon be hobbling about looking for a fresh brain to devour, or swooping down majestically on a…

Jul 8, 2021

September 2020

Fellow cinephiles, ancient and modern: Please be apprised of the fact that Barra and Zaman – a piece of creative nonfiction in 200 numbered paragraphs …

Sep 24, 2020

April 2020

Dear partners in crime: On the first day of the holy month, while we continue to fester in place, I thought I'd share two very significant bits of…

Apr 24, 2020

March 2020

I know it hasn't been very long but there is plenty to report. Besides, considering what the world is coming to, who knows where any of us will be even…

Mar 13, 2020

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