"Arabic literature is perhaps one of very few literary traditions that have a distinct literary genre known as the "prison novel." This is not only because a great majority of writers have themselves lived the experience of arrest, imprisonment, and even torture, but also because the history of the contemporary Arab intellectual is one of constant struggle with the authorities.
Despite having gone unnoticed by Egypt’s presidents as a spy, Ashraf Marwan’s death in June 2007 caught the attention of many others. After a five-story fall from his apartment balcony into a garden near Piccadilly Circus in London, where authorities initially wrote Marwan’s death off as a suicide. However, some believe that Marwan was murdered. The motive? Perhaps an act of revenge against the Egyptian billionaire’s betrayal of his country, or a deliberate push by hit men hired to dispose of a spy. The truth remains hidden.
By Al Jadid Staff
With an initial investment of $24 million funding the Palestinian Museum, many attending the opening on May 18th felt surprised by the institution’s lack of art exhibits. The Museum directors had originally scheduled the opening on May 15th to honor Nakba Day, a memorial to the Palestinian “nakba” or catastrophe, and had advertised the opening exhibit, the “Never Part” for almost a year. Thus, the lack of Palestinian embroidery, traditional folk crafts, vintage photographs and collected memorabilia sparked confusion among many of those who attended the event.
A. Four Novels:
1. The Mighty Weight of Love
An Oklahoma based novel which transpires during the Oklahoma City Bombing, follows a Lebanese widowed doctor, Salem Hawi, who narrates a story of love and healing as he helps a rape-victim overcome her fear of men and she helps him overcome his fear of love. Cover art by Angel Peck.
2. Love Letters, A Love Story
The pinnacle of fame!The scepter of art!The throne of the cinema!. .
Samar Joukhadar, a Syrian mother from Daraya, along with her three children, became a refugee in her own country, and then embarked on a long and arduous journey to escape Assad’s barrel bombs.
Rarely have I missed the annual remembrance of the Lebanese Civil War. My main concern has always been the need to talk about it and insist on facing its causes and consequences. With this in mind, I have published and edited quite a few contributions during the past 20 plus years of Al Jadid’s life.
Stories of Change: Beyond the Arab Spring
Edited by Kari Lundelin and Rebecca Simons
Schilt Publishing, The Netherlands, 2014.
BY ALYSSA WOOD
By Eric Ederer
Swing Hakim
By Swing Hakim
Independently produced, 2011
