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The Year of Magical Happening
The Dissenters, Emissaries; Mutanabbi II & Crocodiles III
Youssef Rakha
Dec 7, 2022
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I write like a lover, I write like one dead
The opening essay of my second Mutanabbi book, translated by Robin Moger
Youssef Rakha
Dec 31, 2022
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The Emissaries have arrived
Ten years ago, when I was Youssef Rakha and a revolution was breaking out in Tahrir Square…
Youssef Rakha
Mar 21
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THE DISSENTERS with Graywolf Press
Gratitude unbound!
Youssef Rakha
Oct 16, 2022
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Spring Cleaning
The next one's a book!
Youssef Rakha
Mar 25, 2022
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Three Colours Cairo
in Black and White — the New Year Special, ladies and gentleman!
Youssef Rakha
Jan 9, 2022
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Seven Times Five Equals Tawfiq Al Hakim
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…
Youssef Rakha
Oct 8, 2021
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Postmuslim time
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…
Youssef Rakha
Oct 2, 2021
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Ghoul's Greetings
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…
Youssef Rakha
Jul 8, 2021
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Barra and Zaman
Fellow cinephiles, ancient and modern: Please be apprised of the fact that Barra and Zaman – a piece of creative nonfiction in 200 numbered paragraphs …
Youssef Rakha
Sep 24, 2020
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A piece of flash fiction, kinda
It's been a year to the day since my last message. That feels wrong. My daughter will be seven in two weeks. A few times, I've woken up from a nightmare…
Youssef Rakha
Nov 14, 2019
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Two Quick Things and Happy Ramadan
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…
Youssef Rakha
Apr 24, 2020
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