James Scanlan @james_m_scanlan
'She was an enormous reader' linktr.ee/jimknees Dahab Joined February 2013-
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Today on ArabLit, an excerpt from Tunisian novelist Sufyan Rajab's NOAH'S HOURGLASS tr. James Scanlan. arablit.org/2025/04/23/fro…
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لكل حبــايب ثرثرة فنية وحشتونا جدا جدا ❤️ الحلقة الجديـدة .. المتقمصون الجزء الأول والجزء الثاني الجمعة نفس الميعاد الساعة ٣.. إنچــوي يا حبايب youtube.com/watch?v=pxXHer…
My wife's latest for Lonely Planet (compiled over months of weekend trips to Cairo) lonelyplanet.com/articles/ultim…
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For your enjoyment, an excerpt of Nawara Negm's brilliant YOU HAVE BEEN BLOCKED today on arablit, tr. @james_m_scanlan: arablit.org/2024/10/23/an-… Just a bit of it:
An excerpt from Nawara Negm's excellent, funny, tragic, super, wonderful 'You Have Been Blocked' : arablit.org/2024/10/23/an-…
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Even as a politics lecturer in a Middle East department, I am lost. Israel has a right to self defence, but Lebanon does not? Israelis have the right to be safe, but Palestinians do not? Iran can’t launch missiles into civilian areas, but Israel can? None of this is coherent.
Even as a politics lecturer in a Middle East department, I am lost. Israel has a right to self defence, but Lebanon does not? Israelis have the right to be safe, but Palestinians do not? Iran can’t launch missiles into civilian areas, but Israel can? None of this is coherent.
a morning in cairo meeting the former manicurist for Naguib Mahfouz is a good morning in cairo
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Sally Rooney at The Southbank Centre tonight, before beginning her reading, speaking out strongly about the death and destruction in Palestine while saying, "It is difficult to avoid the conclusion that we are witnessing an unfolding genocide..."
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not a lot of people know that "Sally Rooney: Intermezzo" is an anagram of "merely a nine złoty's orzo". 9 złoty is about £1.50, which from Morrisons gets you 500g of orzo - just 60g less than the weight of *Intermezzo* in hardback. a fun "easter egg" from faber and faber
A retelling of Ancient Egyptian mythology by Egypt's Neil Gaiman — Muhamad A. Jamal
A retelling of Ancient Egyptian mythology by Egypt's Neil Gaiman — Muhamad A. Jamal
fantasy, myths, and comics in conversation in translation in alexandria, in my dreams - 🚌
fantasy, myths, and comics in conversation in translation in alexandria, in my dreams - 🚌
New crime fantasy by Nawara Negm. So far—not sure about the banana; otherwise glorious.
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New book and it's a beauty - amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0DCKC…
Oh that speechless tongue There was never a better disguise Keep tearing at that sun Tear it out of your skies - RD Thomas, The Way Down
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Look what arrived at Comma HQ 👀🎉 Egypt + 100 asks what the country might be like a century after Tahrir Square and the Arab Spring. Will Egypt remain in the grip of authoritarians or will other forces come into play? Pre-Order Now commapress.co.uk/books/egypt-100
Days & nights spent travelling between Dahab and Cairo listening to Umm Kulthum — a piece for Lonely Planet:
Collection of Eid coffee mornings in the Republic of Zefta
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بودكاست ثرثرة فنية الحلقة ٢٨ (متقمصون وأشباه) السلسلة جديدة الأشباه (الجزء الاول) كل سنة وانتوا طيبين وإنچوي يا حبايب youtu.be/_7QbGDW0fWo?si…
Good puzzle would be cross Egypt without passing an ahwa "...and aywa I said aywa I will [have another ahwa] Aywa." #Bloomsday
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أعتقد أن ده خبر الموسم، دار المعارف، دار النشر المصرية ذات المائة والثلاثين عامًا، تعلن عودة سلسلة اقرأ، أعرق السلاسل الثقافية المصرية، وهذه المرة ستركز على الجانب العلمي "اقرأ العلمي". من منّا لا يتذكّر تلك الكتيبات الصغيرة التي تملأ أرصفة مصر وأكشاك الجرائد!
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