The Dissenters, Emissaries; Mutanabbi II & Crocodiles III
The opening essay of my second Mutanabbi book, translated by Robin Moger
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Ten years ago, when I was Youssef Rakha and a revolution was breaking out in Tahrir Square…
Gratitude unbound!
The next one's a book!
in Black and White — the New Year Special, ladies and gentleman!
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…
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…
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…
Fellow cinephiles, ancient and modern: Please be apprised of the fact that Barra and Zaman – a piece of creative nonfiction in 200 numbered paragraphs …
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…
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…