An Interview with Tunisian Novelist Chokri Mabkhout Conducted by Abdeddayem Sallami and Translated into English by Ali Znaidi
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Marcia Lynx Qualey was good enough to publish my translation of an interview with Tunisian and International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF)-shortlisted novelist Chokri Mabkhout conducted by Abdeddayem Sallami in her awesome Arabic Literature (in English). In this interview which was originally published in Arabic, under a Creative Commons license, in the Lebanese electronic newspaper Al Modon on January 13, 2015 Tunisian novelist Chokri Mabkhout (or Shukri al-Mabkhout) talked about the craft of fiction and novel writing, the Revolution, the intellectual’s place and role in society, and politics.
You can check out the full interview here.
