This essay, which I feel is among my most articulate statements about contemporary Arabic literature, appeared on the Kenyon Review Blog ten years ago today.
Absolutely! This is the post 1952 generation which has been deprived from learning languages, traveling and building bridges with a politically "demonized other."
Absolutely! This is the post 1952 generation which has been deprived from learning languages, traveling and building bridges with a politically "demonized other."